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Hi I am the supposed Crazy Guy. Passion and conviction is sometimes mistaken for insanity It is not often that I get so animated but some of the statements at the Event were either just plain wrong or so simplistic as to be laughable. In any case, Apple will just be another Walled Garden for developers, albeit a slightly friendler one than Operators.

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App Store frustrations bedevil iPhone developers
By Jason Ankeny Comment | Forward

Although iPhone 3G activation problems and MobileMe synchronization issues have attracted the lion’s share of negative publicity, some mobile developers are also reporting problems with Apple’s App Store. According to developers interviewed by Macworld, their frustrations have much to do with the length of time it requires Apple to push their software updates to iPhone users–in addition, some developers cite Apple’s failure to communicate information on when their apps will be published live. Moreover, Apple has yet to provide App Store sales data, so developers are unsure how their iPhone applications are faring–Apple has pledged to share monthly sales reports, but some developers are calling for real-time statistics in order to gauge sales and adjust prices accordingly.

Even Apple’s internal review process remains a mystery: “They reject apps for superficial things (icon being the wrong size, confusingly worded messages) while sometimes major bugs slip in under the radar,” an iPhone developer who requested anonymity told Macworld. “It seems pretty haphazard and human-powered rather than automated.” Nor is there any apparent rhyme or reason to the software update process, although another unnamed developer charged Apple with favoring large companies over small, independent firms.” We submitted an update a week ago, and it still isn’t updated,” the developer said. “Some apps seem to get updated quickly, so some type of favoritism is evident. I’ve seen one day, and then I’ve seen two weeks–no one knows why the disparity, either… It’s either favoritism or just general chaos.”

People who bought and signed a contract for an iPhone got screwed for between $1000 and $2000 in a closed garden device and really most people are not getting much use out of it.

Google Android is going to revolutionize all that though. The Michael Arrington app to lookup events and meet other people around your location is going to happen for the first time with Android.

And it is going to solve all the hunger, malnutrition, healthcare, peace, democracy and other such problems.

Don’t get too excited about location-based services, because I’m sure soon horror stories will start making the news - kidnappings, assaults, rapes, divorces, etc. I’m sure the Big Brother, PIs, crimesters love iPhone! Everybody seems to forget how easily an iPhone got hacked last year and used as a spying device recording and streaming the audio from the mic home. Add pictures and location to that stream and you have the perfect spying device!

Also, advertisers are salivating like never before - they will be able to sell their better targeted ads at higher prices now. But does the consumer care about relevant or irrelevant ads? No, everybody hates ads and the last thing people want are ads on their phones!

Don’t get me wrong, I think iPhone is a great device, it’s changing the game in the US and teaching the greedy US carriers a good lesson, but it’s just an overpriced phone with an overpriced plan outside of the US. Japanese and Korean people are probably laughing at the americans getting so excited about their new toy, when in Japan and Korea they’ve been doing video calls, watching TV, and making secure offline payments with their phones for years.

Android is cool, but having an open-source Symbian now, in addition to OpenMoko, Maemo, and some others… it’s just one of the many. The OS is important to developers, but consumers don’t care, so, let’s see the first Android phones and then rush to put them at #2 after iPhone. Some of the first photos I’ve seen (fake or not) seemed just terrible!

As for Symbian, I think it’s a great OS. Personally I would love to see the fusion of Symbian and Andriod. Symbian has a great low level API support and Andriod has good UI. A fusion would definitely mean a tough competition for iphone.