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Why Was Podcaster Really Rejected?

Everyone seems to be freaking out about Apple’s decision to reject Podcaster for inclusion in the iTMS App Store.

Despite what was included in the rejection email, I’m inclined to think the real reason for the rejection has more to do with protecting the qualitiy of service on AT&T’s 3G network.

The iPhone won’t currently let you download audio files from the iTMS unless you’re connected to a wifi network. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to assume this restriction was made at the request of AT&T. Podcast files can get very large, and they have the potential to generate a large amount of network traffic.

And, as others have pointed out, Apple hasn’t rejected any other applications that duplicate functionality of bundled applications.

It just makes more sense to assume that Podcaster was rejected to cover for the general capacity inadequacy of AT&T’s 3G network. It was better for Apple to make an specious excuse about duplicated functionality than to publicly admit that the only network you can use their device with isn’t up to scratch.

Posted by PJ on Sep 14, 2008 | 2 Comments | | Tags: ,

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