Comments on: iPhone Easter Eggs Could Kill App Store Golden Egg?

By: Penny Gamer

Penny Gamer — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:12:28 +0000

Every iPhone / iPod touch game developer should budget for one or two Easter eggs. Even if it is something simple like a secret trophy, the blog postings you get about it are worth their weight in gold from a Marketing / SEO perspective. Just my opinion.

By: Held

Held — Sat, 23 May 2009 05:34:40 +0000

If only apple would put ratings on applications similar to video games then this set of content issue could go away. Why should apple be the morals police?

By: Art Vandelay

Art Vandelay — Thu, 21 May 2009 13:08:16 +0000

Um…ok then. We’ll be sure to “search” for your app. Darnit, no search. Well, sorry about that.

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Thu, 21 May 2009 02:13:40 +0000

It’s ready to go….

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 21 May 2009 02:08:38 +0000

I don’t think Lindsey will be developing any apps anytime soon anyway.

By: iSkythe

iSkythe — Thu, 21 May 2009 00:07:54 +0000

Lindsey, there’s a search bar in the top right corner in iTunes, and the App Store

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:37:51 +0000

Okay, foot-in-mouth disease again. I go to the itunes app to be able to browse through iphone apps. Well, that makes a lot of sense, yeah, right… Now i just have to get rid of Quicktime, probably pull down the whole house of cards…

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:27:40 +0000

Does anyone know how to browse the app store? I can't believe how difficult and secret Apple has made it for anyone to just look and see what apps are offered for the i-phone. First I found out I had to download I-tunes, then Apple said I had to download Quicktime, which program IMO sucks, now I will have to replace. Then it still won't let me search for apps, or browse, just teases me with a few "best sellers." The app store web site is like a dog chasing its tail. What the hell is wrong with Apple that they don't allow anyone to know what's being offered for their toy? What is this, a secret? Is this a good marketing strategy?

Sorry to vent, I want to develop a unique app, but why waste my time if someone else already did it? And how can I find out how mnay competitors I would have?

I suppose there is a simple answer to this, I would appreciate it if someone can help me. Thanks!

By: Paul M. Watson

Paul M. Watson — Wed, 20 May 2009 08:41:04 +0000

Doesn't the Touch OS have a kill switch for just this sort of thing? They can remove it from the App. Store and kill it on any phone that has it installed.

I don't think Jobs is losing sleep over this.

By: iSkythe

iSkythe — Wed, 20 May 2009 03:32:40 +0000

Ha that’s funny. I promised myself if I ever made an iPhone app, I would include an Easter egg that either recorded video or enabled flash, (possibly in an Easter egg web browser).

By: StatCoder

StatCoder — Wed, 20 May 2009 03:13:27 +0000

I’m pretty sure Apple can yank any app off of all iPhones with the push of a button can’t they?

By: scottb

scottb — Wed, 20 May 2009 01:35:52 +0000

Submit an app with malware or other code that causes damage and expect the wrath of Apple legal. With something absurd like 68B in value, I’d steer clear of that stupid move.

By: PSM

PSM — Wed, 20 May 2009 01:28:14 +0000

WTF, they don’t actually examine the code for hidden functionality? I’m shocked there isn’t more stuff (for good or for evil) breaking the SDK rules.

By: Chobbs

Chobbs — Wed, 20 May 2009 01:08:08 +0000

One bad egg ruins it for every one. Remind me not to buy the app "lyrics".

Perhaps it's good to alert apple to this weakness as we wouldn't want any malware on the iPhone. Isn't that right winmo?

Shut that shiit down!