Apple 'Dilemmas' iPhone ad pushes App Store
updated 11:45 am EST, Tue November 4, 2008
'Dilemmas' iPhone ad
Apple has posted a new TV ad online, simply referred to as "Dilemmas." The ad promotes use of the iPhone in "solving life's dilemmas," mainly through the help of the various apps sold on the App Store. The commercial specifically highlights Wanderspot's Urbanspoon app, which uses GPS tracking to locate nearby restaurants, and the iPhone's motion sensor to allow random selection through shaking. The app is a free download, but outside of the United States has a limited database of major cities.
The App Store has proven a lucrative venture for both Apple and its most popular developers, generating substantial income with comparatively minimal overhead. It has received criticism for prohibitive rules however, which bar not only offensive or infringing apps, but anything which Apple may perceive as competition. Opera recently uncovered the existence of an iPhone version of its Opera Mini browser, which it cannot submit to the App Store due to the existence of Apple's built-in Safari browser.
it's funny...
11/04, 12:46pm reply
because it's true.
Mixotic
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Opera?
11/04, 12:47pm reply
Just yesterday it came out that according to the corp. communications director at Opera, Opera Mini had not been submitted to the store.
jpellino
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bull
11/04, 12:58pm reply
"Opera recently uncovered the existence of an iPhone version of its Opera Mini browser, which it cannot submit to the App Store due to the existence of Apple's built-in Safari browser."
Thanks for the dose of FUD. they haven't submitted it, and know that if it does its own Javascript support, it won't be allowed due to SDK restrictions on running external code.
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MORE APPLE c***...
11/04, 03:12pm reply
YAY!! MORE REV A c*** by APPLE!! Can't wait to shut there public & expensive guinea pig BETA practices shut down with more lawsuits.
STUPID APPLE!....
Does it feel good to stick it to the customer??
F*CKERS! A$$HOLES!
oh,.... ALMOST FORGOT - NO FIREWIRE!!!!!
hahahha!
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Re: bull
11/04, 04:21pm (1 reply) reply
Thanks for the dose of FUD. they haven't submitted it, and know that if it does its own Javascript support, it won't be allowed due to SDK restrictions on running external code.
Hey, thanks for the dose of misinterpretation!
As you quote the article, "which it cannot submit to the App Store due to the existence of Apple's built-in Safari browser.".
It doesn't say they submitted it, it says it cannot submit it. There's a huge difference. But why let any of that derail a post?
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Can't Solve This One
11/04, 05:08pm (1 reply) reply
Ok, so tell me how an iPhone is going to fix the dilemma of the missing firewire? Or the nauseating glossy screens? Or DisplayPort only?
NO FIREWIRE = EPICFAIL
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Yippee! I'll never have
11/04, 07:57pm reply
to choose what to eat anymore. My iPhone can decide for me. Thank goodness for the iPhone and the App Store.
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