1. Yes, the iPhone is doing incredibly well right now. And yes, there are over 10,000 developers, 65,000 apps, 40 million devices, and 1 billion downloads from the App Store. But none of that matters unless you realize that the developers themselves are directly responsible for much of the iPhone’s success. By alienating those developers through inconsistent policy handling and refusal to communicate one-on-one with them to resolve problems, Apple is setting itself up for failure.
    Yeah, there’s an app for that. But for how long, and at what cost? - TUAW’s Michael Jones in an incredibly smart piece on this App Store kerfuffle.

    Posted on Thursday July 30th, 2009