'iPod' Pictures + News
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“The company has now twice rejected an iPhone application designed to let iPhone owners watch clips of the long-running show featuring the exploits of Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny. Apple apparently feels that South Park’s content is ‘potentially offensive,’ according to Boing Boing, and will not allow it onto the App Store.” [Link]
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“Expect a large screen iPod touch device to be released in the Fall of ‘09, with a 7 or 9 inch screen. Prototypes have been seen and handled by one of our sources, and Apple is talking to OEMs in Asia now about mass production.” [Link]
“The “iBoobs” application was rejected because Apple deemed it “objectionable content,” the U.K.’s Register tech blog reported. “If you believe that you can make the necessary changes so that iBoobs does not violate the iPhone SDK Agreement we encourage you to do so,” Apple reportedly told the creator, Mystic Game Development of Rotterdam in the Netherlands.” [Link]
“David Carnoy’s book, entitled Knife Music, was rejected twice by Apple. Yesterday, Apple deemed some of its content objectionable, saying the book does not follow the company’s guidelines in its software-development kit, according to Carnoy. One line in particular, where a teenage girl uses expletives during a romantic encounter, is at the core of Apple’s objections. ” [Link]
“‘If the [iTunes music store] was forced to absorb any increase in the … royalty rate, the result would be to significantly increase the likelihood of the store operating at a financial loss – which is no alternative at all,’ Cue wrote. ‘Apple has repeatedly made it clear that it is in this business to make money, and most likely would not continue to operate [the iTunes music store] if it were no longer possible to do so profitably.’” [Link]
