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Apple Rejects Watch App for Description Saying 'Pebble Compatible'

posted by takyon on Friday May 01 2015, @06:36AM   Printer-friendly
from the walled-bonsai-garden dept.

scruffybeard writes:

Apple is paying close attention to the app offerings for its new watch. If your iOS app advertises support for any watch, other than the Apple Watch, prepare for trouble. Apple recently rejected an update to an established iPhone and iPad app because it mentioned support for a non-Apple Smartwatch:

We noticed that your app or its metadata contains irrelevant platform information in the app. Providing future platform compatibility plans, or other platform references, is not appropriate for the App Store. Specifically, your app and app description declare support for the Pebble Smartwatch.

Additionally, Apple has established criteria for Apple Watch developers that reject applications where the primary function is to tell the time.

 
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  • (Score: 2, Flamebait) by aristarchus on Friday May 01 2015, @06:58AM

    by aristarchus (2645) on Friday May 01 2015, @06:58AM (#177386) Journal

    Disruption of communications can only mean one thing: invasion or monopoly. Wait, that is two things. OK, disruption of communications by Apple can only mean one of two things: either Steve Jobs is dead, or the entire company is going down hard. Hint for the Boolean impared: it is an inclusive "or".

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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 01 2015, @07:14AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 01 2015, @07:14AM (#177388)

    either Steve Jobs is dead, or the entire company is going down hard. Hint for the Boolean impared: it is an inclusive "or".

    Fortunately, life is lazily evaluated and they'll never hit the second test until it's too late...

  • (Score: 4, Funny) by M. Baranczak on Friday May 01 2015, @01:15PM

    by M. Baranczak (1673) on Friday May 01 2015, @01:15PM (#177448)

    As a famous Marxist once said: either he's dead, or my watch has stopped.

  • (Score: 2) by jimshatt on Friday May 01 2015, @04:15PM

    by jimshatt (978) on Friday May 01 2015, @04:15PM (#177495) Journal

    it is an inclusive "or"

    Being pedantic here, but in that case you shouldn't have used "either .. or".

    • (Score: 2) by jimshatt on Friday May 01 2015, @04:20PM

      by jimshatt (978) on Friday May 01 2015, @04:20PM (#177498) Journal
      Nor should you have used "one of two things". Maybe you mean exclusive or?
      Truthfully, I don't understand what you're trying to say.

    • (Score: 2) by aristarchus on Saturday May 02 2015, @05:51AM

      by aristarchus (2645) on Saturday May 02 2015, @05:51AM (#177778) Journal

      Sorry! Once again, sarcasm fail! All my fault, I assure you! You see, it is only one or the other, either, not both, but in fact it is an inclusive "or", so it could be both at the same time that it cannot be. Think of it as the post-mortem Jobs reality distortion field, only applied to logic. And again, mea culpa, pina colada!