Apple rejects another app for duplicating functionality

Duplicating functionality of an existing app is prohibiting, is it? How about the app "Contact Find", which lets you search for contacts?
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=290153951&mt=8

I would guess we would just need to look at the rejected apps to get an idea of future iPhone features.

http://www.coreyjf.com/blog

2,000 - 3,000 apps approved, 6 get rejected? Aren't we focused on the wrong thing here? How many book, movies get rejected? A lot of things sound good in principle but in actual day to day? You really want to turn over all your passwords to a third party for your emails? What happens when you decide to run for VP? If Apple does it, you have a class action lawsuit - if some dude does it?

It's one thing if Apple puts it on the site and yanks, it's NOT news if it gets rejected during the vetting process and the writer whines about not being able to clear $25k a month so he can buy a rainbrow trout in a tank of formaldehyde.

It's called um, life?

Interesting post on Wil Shipley's blog about this issue.

Guys, just a heads up, Apple removed yet another app, AFTER allowing it in AND allowing it to go up to ver. 2. The app is iFlix, which was a graphically nice NetFlix queue manager. I am getting irked by Apple's attitude and I'm about one wrong step by them away from jailbreaking my 3G phone. I don't even know whether I need it, I just feel very pissed off. ESPECIALLY when I remind myself that we STILL don't have a "feature" kill switch for frekkin annoying auto-correct.

There is a darker half to this picture than Apple simply killing off competition, this could eventually end up being used retroactively on successful iPhone apps that don't currently compete with anything Apple makes for the device.

Apple has a very shaky history when it comes to third party technologies and their own. Just ask the guys who developed Konfabulator what they think of Dashboard in Mac OS X, or the developers of Watson regarding current versions of Sherlock, etc...

There's really nothing to prevent these issues from occurring on the iPhone as well. In fact, the iPhone practically ensures this will happen... perhaps many times over.

it's anti-competitive by nature. Isn't this just microsoft not allowing other web browsers all over again?

I begin to wonder whether the "duplication" is referring to what Apple and its partners may have in the pipeline. Think about it. Podcast catching directly on the device? Think Apple might (finally) be considering this? I sure hope so. Tighter GMail integration? Possibly Apple & Google are working on more collaboration already? Highly possible.

Okay, that's it. Enough is enough. I really considered buying an iPhone. Indeed, I was looking forward to it.

But now I'd rather keep my crappy Nokia than support this policy. I hope Apple realizes what they are doing here before it's too late.

Don't mess with the Zohan, but you can mess with everyone else I guess.