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hschottm on September 11th, 2009

Shows a percentaged state of charge, best accuracy in 1% steps, remaining battery life, 15 tips to enhance your battery life using step by step instructions
Do you need a more detailed output of your battery status? Can you view your favourite TV series with your remaining battery power? Are you able to read the minute [...]

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hschottm on August 26th, 2009

Shows a percentaged state of charge, remaining battery life, 15 tips to enhance your battery life using step by step instructions
Do you need a more detailed output of your battery status? Can you view your favourite TV series with your remaining battery power? Are you able to read the minute battery status icon on the [...]

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hschottm on August 25th, 2009

Gosh! It took Apple 11 days to get the last update of iBattery Pro approved. This is so nasty. You’re lucky if you only have regular maintenance updates. If you really have to fix a bug, then you’re doomed with these response times.
Well, you might try the new ‘all issues’ escalation email address which should [...]

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hschottm on August 22nd, 2009

iBattery Pro is or has been the top paid app in 5 countries by now: Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Turkey, Slovakia. It is the top paid app in Germany for 10 days now! It is or has been the number one utility app in Turkey, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Croatia, Slovakia, Greece, Russia, Hungary.
I would like to [...]

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hschottm on August 12th, 2009

Apple customers who purchase a qualifying new Mac computer or an Apple Certified Refurbished computer from the Apple Online Store on or after June 8, 2009 that does not include Mac OS X Snow Leopard can upgrade to Snow Leopard for US$9.95 plus tax (EUR 8.95). Remember your completed order form must be postmarked or faxed within [...]

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hschottm on August 12th, 2009

Shows a percentaged state of charge, remaining battery life, 15 tips to enhance your battery life using step by step instructions
Do you need a more detailed output of your battery status? Can you view your favourite TV series with your remaining battery power? Are you able to read the minute battery status icon on the [...]

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hschottm on August 12th, 2009

In some ways I cannot believe it. iBattery Pro is now the TOP iPhone application in germany. It’s so hard to find out WHAT exactly makes an app a success. For me it’s totally random since I watch the market for some time now…
But anyway folks: I just want to express my happiness on the [...]

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hschottm on August 8th, 2009

Well, I don’t know if asking for the manager was the key to my success, but finally it seems that I am one of the lucky few who got his place in the App Store after a rejection.
After having (like many others) this illustrative phone call with Richard Chipman (he used exactly the same words [...]

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hschottm on August 8th, 2009

Shows a percentaged state of charge, remaining battery life, 15 tips to enhance your battery life using step by step instructions
Do you need a more detailed output of your battery status? Can you view your favourite TV series with your remaining battery power? Are you able to read the minute battery status icon on the [...]

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hschottm on July 23rd, 2009

Ok, now iBattery Pro has got it’s final rejection. I just had a phonecall with “Richard” from Apple Inc. who told me that it is policy that any estimations of remaining battery time can’t be allowed. Why can’t they write that into the rejection email?
And why are there a lot applications in the app store [...]

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