http://www.thestandard.com/node/122025/comments comments feed. en http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/11/22/sex-can-t-sell-iphone-wallpaper-universe-pulled-app-store <p><!--paging_filter--> <p><img class="alignright alignnone size-full wp-image-100771" title="ladies2" src="http://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/ladies2.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="360" />Yesterday, <a href="http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/21/wallpaper-universe-is-hoping-sex-sells-on-the-iphone/" rel="nofollow">I expressed surprise that Apple would allow Wallpaper Universe</a>, an iPhone application with racy pictures, to get into the App Store. Sure enough, today, it&#8217;s gone.</p> <p>The removal once again calls into question Apple&#8217;s application reviewing process. Apps such as <a href="http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/17/here-she-is-google-voice-search-for-iphone/" rel="nofollow">Google&#8217;s new brilliant voice search application</a> get delayed because of the process (which, <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/15/more-apple-iphone-search-weirdness-and-embarrassment-for-google/" rel="nofollow">despite some conspiracy theories</a>, is what Apple confirmed happened), but apps like Wallpaper Universe still manage to get through only to be pulled hours later. I have to wonder what exactly Apple is looking at/for while assessing apps.</p> <p>To be fair, hundreds of apps (if not more) get submitted every day for approval, but Wallpaper Universe should have been an extremely easy one to reject. (Certainly easier than say, <a href="http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/10/another-iphone-app-rejected-this-time-for-bandwidth-concerns/" rel="nofollow">a podcasting app that had already been in the App Store but got rejected for an update</a>.) It had one screenshot filled with girls in their underwear striking seductive poses. While I may personally have nothing against that, Apple has said it would <a href="http://venturebeat.com/2008/06/20/iphone-porn-a-whole-new-meaning-to-multi-touch/" rel="nofollow">keep this kind of material out</a> of the App Store. And it seems like it would be hard to find a more obvious example.</p> <p>While some don&#8217;t like the fact that Apple has approval rights for what apps make it into the store, I&#8217;m fine with it &#8212; it is their store after all. I just think the process should be more transparent and less porous considering the lengthy approval times.</p> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/11/22/sex-can-t-sell-iphone-wallpaper-universe-pulled-app-store#comments Business &amp; Finance Business and Technology co:Apple co:FunMobility DigitalMedia Mobile/Comm people:Barack-Obama Breaking News Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:16:01 -0800 Venture Beat 122025 at http://www.thestandard.com http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/11/22/sex-can-t-sell-iphone-wallpaper-universe-pulled-app-store <p><!--paging_filter--> <p><img class="alignright alignnone size-full wp-image-100771" title="ladies2" src="http://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/ladies2.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="360" />Yesterday, <a href="http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/21/wallpaper-universe-is-hoping-sex-sells-on-the-iphone/" rel="nofollow">I expressed surprise that Apple would allow Wallpaper Universe</a>, an iPhone application with racy pictures, to get into the App Store. Sure enough, today, it&#8217;s gone.</p> <p>The removal once again calls into question Apple&#8217;s application reviewing process. Apps such as <a href="http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/17/here-she-is-google-voice-search-for-iphone/" rel="nofollow">Google&#8217;s new brilliant voice search application</a> get delayed because of the process (which, <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/15/more-apple-iphone-search-weirdness-and-embarrassment-for-google/" rel="nofollow">despite some conspiracy theories</a>, is what Apple confirmed happened), but apps like Wallpaper Universe still manage to get through only to be pulled hours later. I have to wonder what exactly Apple is looking at/for while assessing apps.</p> <p>To be fair, hundreds of apps (if not more) get submitted every day for approval, but Wallpaper Universe should have been an extremely easy one to reject. (Certainly easier than say, <a href="http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/10/another-iphone-app-rejected-this-time-for-bandwidth-concerns/" rel="nofollow">a podcasting app that had already been in the App Store but got rejected for an update</a>.) It had one screenshot filled with girls in their underwear striking seductive poses. While I may personally have nothing against that, Apple has said it would <a href="http://venturebeat.com/2008/06/20/iphone-porn-a-whole-new-meaning-to-multi-touch/" rel="nofollow">keep this kind of material out</a> of the App Store. And it seems like it would be hard to find a more obvious example.</p> <p>While some don&#8217;t like the fact that Apple has approval rights for what apps make it into the store, I&#8217;m fine with it &#8212; it is their store after all. I just think the process should be more transparent and less porous considering the lengthy approval times.</p> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/11/22/sex-can-t-sell-iphone-wallpaper-universe-pulled-app-store#comments Business &amp; Finance Business and Technology co:Apple co:FunMobility DigitalMedia Mobile/Comm people:Barack-Obama Breaking News Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:16:01 -0800 Venture Beat 122025 at http://www.thestandard.com http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/11/22/sex-can-t-sell-iphone-wallpaper-universe-pulled-app-store <p><!--paging_filter--> <p><img class="alignright alignnone size-full wp-image-100771" title="ladies2" src="http://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/ladies2.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="360" />Yesterday, <a href="http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/21/wallpaper-universe-is-hoping-sex-sells-on-the-iphone/" rel="nofollow">I expressed surprise that Apple would allow Wallpaper Universe</a>, an iPhone application with racy pictures, to get into the App Store. Sure enough, today, it&#8217;s gone.</p> <p>The removal once again calls into question Apple&#8217;s application reviewing process. Apps such as <a href="http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/17/here-she-is-google-voice-search-for-iphone/" rel="nofollow">Google&#8217;s new brilliant voice search application</a> get delayed because of the process (which, <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/15/more-apple-iphone-search-weirdness-and-embarrassment-for-google/" rel="nofollow">despite some conspiracy theories</a>, is what Apple confirmed happened), but apps like Wallpaper Universe still manage to get through only to be pulled hours later. I have to wonder what exactly Apple is looking at/for while assessing apps.</p> <p>To be fair, hundreds of apps (if not more) get submitted every day for approval, but Wallpaper Universe should have been an extremely easy one to reject. (Certainly easier than say, <a href="http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/10/another-iphone-app-rejected-this-time-for-bandwidth-concerns/" rel="nofollow">a podcasting app that had already been in the App Store but got rejected for an update</a>.) It had one screenshot filled with girls in their underwear striking seductive poses. While I may personally have nothing against that, Apple has said it would <a href="http://venturebeat.com/2008/06/20/iphone-porn-a-whole-new-meaning-to-multi-touch/" rel="nofollow">keep this kind of material out</a> of the App Store. And it seems like it would be hard to find a more obvious example.</p> <p>While some don&#8217;t like the fact that Apple has approval rights for what apps make it into the store, I&#8217;m fine with it &#8212; it is their store after all. I just think the process should be more transparent and less porous considering the lengthy approval times.</p> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/11/22/sex-can-t-sell-iphone-wallpaper-universe-pulled-app-store#comments Business &amp; Finance Business and Technology co:Apple co:FunMobility DigitalMedia Mobile/Comm people:Barack-Obama Breaking News Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:16:01 -0800 Venture Beat 122025 at http://www.thestandard.com