Apple in violation of FTC guides?

Could Apple be violating some aspects of the new truth in advertising guides that the FTC published over the last few months dealing mostly with deception in advertising and also dealing with misleading data online.

In a very controversial decision to title what is apparently not a professional application as a pro app, could apple be in violation of deception in online advertising?

Depending on who you ask the answer to that question may vary however it might be something for the justice department to have a look at simply because of some very bad press that the apple app store has received and is currently hidden from view where as other apps allegedly have a rating, the most recent and very unpopular (allegedly) final cut pro X has received a lot of negative press however those ratings are no longer visible at this time.

The text of the ratings are visible however the over all rating is not visible, is this a violation and should the justice department investigate apple for deceptive advertising?

Perhaps not, however if users are not able to benefit from the system of ratings as all other users are able that itself is something to consider and it is a very serious matter, if Apple is selectively editing and changing its own ratings for its own products, that could be a serious criminal violation, (allegedly)

The idea that Apple allegedly might be distorting the ratings of its own software sales is something that people should be made aware and if it is allegedly true then something needs to be done to stop this from happening.

No one is above the law and if Apple is doing this they need to stop it right now.

If consumers rate a product as bad, then everyone should be treated the same, if any other rating in the app store is dependent upon consumers ratings, then for certain we need to have that data available.

Reviews that allegedly are faked could result in serious problems for apple if it turns out that the same IP addresses are being used to submit positive ratings.

Blogging from your ipad yes you can

Update new version available for blogging from your ipad

Did you know that you can blog directly from your ipad in fact it is not that hard at all.

updating blogs from your ipad is not as hard as you might imagine and in fact there is an app for that, updated code for the ipad and iphone, for wordpress blogging

Distribution of apps

Will apple change its way to doing business to be a more modern and more acceptably competitive model.

In a move that might go a long way toward equalizing the past mistakes apple has made.

Will Apple figure it out in time or will they continue to deny what their competitors are providing to consumers, when consumers said they want flash, they get it, (but not at Apple, why is that?)

I love Apple products but for the last two years, things have begun to change and it is not really good changes, when you look at what is going on in the marketplace and the economy this is not a time to force your antiquated views on the consumer.

Amazon has announced support for an app store, for Andriod, this is not a good thing for apple when will apple learn to loosen up the strict draconian environment that is ruining the apple platform.

Eventually there will be a better distribution channel for apps that run on the ipad and the iphone.

As the market continues to change, the mechanism should adapt to the market, not the market to the mechanism, perhaps apple can find a way to make this work better.

Will Apple adapt to the changing distribution market?

Finding a better way to distribute your apple ipad apps may be what many developers are looking to do.

With the most recent of Apple mistakes hiting the market, some people have activly begun to look for alternate systems of distribution.

Are you searching for an alternative to the app store because you want to distribute an ipad app but cant get apple to even look at you because your allegedly just a small business?

Alternative to the app store, is one of the most searched for things online, by small business and many developers.

If Apple is really as good as they think that they are can they not figure out a way to satisfy the customer base?

With thousands of small business owners who would like to have an ipad or iphone app there would appear to be no real distribution point, this seems like not only an oversight but something that apple has just well plain decided to not address.

Statics are revealing that some 30 to 45 percent of users are jail breaking their devices.

Which would seem to indicate that there is some issue about the apple process of approving and distributing of apps that well is just not meeting the need of not only the development community but also the users themselves.

Now add into the mix small business owners, who would like to be able to provide a method of distributing a small town app for small town business owners, and you have a problem that apple is not prepared to deal with.

An entire market segment has been left out of the equation for apple that seems a little dumb because they are known for their planning but you have to ask is this an oversight? Or is it just something that is just not worth the time for apple to develop a strategy to address the needs of millions of potential customers.

One thing for sure, if apple does not do this someone else will come along and they will do it.

Cydia for one thing is actively defying Apple in fact they plan on competing with the new planned MAC OSX app store that apple plans on unveiling in the new year.

Which will likely provide even more grist for the mill for many developers and small business owners.

It seems as if Apple is intentionally trying to well Piss people off, we have to wonder why that is happening because normally a company tries to keep its customers happy not make them angry enough to jail break a device.

What may happen next is anyone’s guess but one thing for sure is that if you are not prepared to enter the jail broken app market and you are a small business chances are great that apple is not looking out for you or your business.

learning Xcode

There are dozens of reasons why you should learn Xcode, here are just a few.

Xcode is the future of software development.

Xcode can help you learn how to produce iOS apps and MAC OSX apps for the App store.

Xcode can do hundreds of things right out of the box.

Xcode can leap over tall buildings.

Xcode can teach you about working with the MAC platform.

There are three things you will want to become very intimate with, no get your mind out of the gutter.

This is G rated, the G is for Geek,

The Apple Developer website.
The SDK for iphone and ipad
The Xcode UI

There are a number of others as well but lets cover a few at a time to get started with.

There are tons of examples at the apple developer website and you can also post in the forums, there is not a lot of interaction there, but there are a lot of other places where you can post and get help too.

So remember the best place to learn is at the developer center.

 

Bluetooth for the ipad?

Will competing products edge the ipad out of the market place because apples refusal to provide access to the Bluetooth stack?

Blue tooth functionality is becoming more and more popular…

But so far Apple will not allow developers access to the blue tooth stack so that innovation and commerce may be developed, imagine what it would be like for a paralyzed patient to be able to give voice commands to an ipad, affordablely changing the high dollar components that are required now.

Apple may be on the edge of serious competition for its ipad product.

Update, guess what, there are so many pads on the market that the value of the pad, has gone way down hill yet, still Apple has not adjusted to this new market.

 android…

When will they learn that the market is not the same as it was back in 1999…

Will apple, change its ways or will they continue to disrupt access to hardware that is not owned by them?

What they are doing, is something that is a real problem, allegedly Apple is attempting to apply the same restrictions they apply to software, which is ok I guess, but with hardware, you the consumer are the owner, now Apple, eventually there has to be a stop to this garbage.

Apple allegedly blocks access to the bluetooth stack preventing use by disabled individuals.

For many disabled individuals who are hearing impaired as well as disabled in other ways, the ability to use a bluetooth connected device on the ipad would greatly improve the lives of those individuals, however, allegedly Apple does not allow connections to certain devices that would create a great deal of happiness in the lives of many people who are disabled.

For many disabled people the ability to use speech to text software would be of a tremendous value to them however allegedly apple is not allowing them to connect these devices to the ipad even though the capability allegedly is there already.

Additionally the use of a microphone/headset capable of enhancing hearing is also something to consider.

For many people the idea that they cannot use the hardware that they buy to do the things they want to do is just not a very nice thing to do, we hope that Apple will see the light on this issue and do the right thing.