Apple

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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hschottm on July 15th, 2009

12 hours after I complained at apple because they rejected my battery application for the second time, they pushed me aside. Dear Helmut, Your application, iBattery Pro 1.0, is requiring unexpected additional time for review.   We apologize for the delay, and will update you with further status as soon as we are able. Thank you [...]

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hschottm on July 15th, 2009

A diary of a pitiful developer who tried to be an iPhone developer. Motivated by my youngest experience with Apple Inc. I decided to tell you the story how long it took to get my approval as a developer in the iPhone Developer Program. Do you think it’s easy to become a registered iPhone developer? [...]

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hschottm on July 15th, 2009

Here they are again. The empire strikes back! It it wasn’t for business, I could laugh about this story, but Apple Inc. reviewers simply appear to mistake incompetence, ignorance and arbitrariness with that what they call “review process”. So the hilarious iPhone Application Store review team has rejected my simple battery application for the second [...]

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