09 Aug 08 Trouble For The iPhone App Store

A recent blog post on CNN money talks about a few problems that have arisen since the inception of the App Store for iPhone and iPod touch devices.  The App Store is a new feature in the latest version of the iPhone OS that allows users to download applications directly onto their devices.  The App Store, which offers about 1,500 applications, has generally been a success, but there have been a few things that have come up since the the its launch.  Some applications have been removed from the App Store by Apple, causing the news to make headlines around the internet.  One was a movies application that was pulled for unknown reasons, and another was a program costing $999.99 that didn’t have a purpose other than to waste money.  Also of interest is the fact that a feature that causes the iPhone to contact Apple servers to retrieve a blacklist of any programs that Apple wants to disable.  This means that if Apple wants to disable a certain program, even after users have downloaded and installed it, they can still remotely do so by adding it to the blacklist.

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