Comments on: A $999.99 joke iPhone app? Apple, wake up or grow up

By: edsion007

edsion007 — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:30:24 +0000

Hmmm... why it has to do with twitter so much?

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:56:32 +0000

Cool stuff! I love joke apps too. I made a joke app, more of a simulator type app called "Baby Translator" and several other comedy translation devices. Check out the Baby Translator when you get a chance!! Viva la iPhone!

By: Blurring Borders » Blog Archive » Apple’s Gated Community: The Rich Not Welcome

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:08:45 +0000

[...] secret mantra.” But more shocking than this apparent waste of bytes and money is a number of prominent blogs which are calling for Apple to block the application. This is ludicrous. If someone wants to [...]

By: Is a Pull My Finger app too crass for the App Store? » VentureBeat

Is a Pull My Finger app too crass for the App Store? » VentureBeat — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:55:33 +0000

[...] Apple’s App Store is filled (some would say littered) with applications that are basically useless. Multiple cow bell applications, multiple fake lighter applications, multiple coin flip applications, etc. The thing is, who’s to say what is useful and what isn’t? Some even tried to argue that about the $1,000 I Am Rich “piece of art” application. [...]

By: Android Market, Google’s response to Apple’s App Store for third party developers » VentureBeat

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:34:52 +0000

[...] Apple has deleted apps that it considers detrimental to the interests of its users, including the thousand-dollar I Am Rich app, that was just a picture of a tacky, neon-red diamond. Other types of platforms, like [...]

By: iPhone aplikace za 999,99 dolarů: I Am Rich

iPhone aplikace za 999,99 dolarů: I Am Rich — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:53:06 +0000

[...] rychle odstranil z nabídky a za to, že se aplikace do App Store vůbec dostala stihnul sklidit kritiku několika médiích. Tím ale příběh neskončil. Několik známějších webů si nebralo [...]

By: ● The $1000 iPhone app — občasna pretenciozna natolcevanja

● The $1000 iPhone app — občasna pretenciozna natolcevanja — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:24:04 +0000

[...] news of the app got out onto the web, the outcry came swiftly. VentureBeat implored Apple to pull it from the App Store, as did several other humorless blogs. Blog commenters were even more [...]

By: Jobs confirms iPhone application kill lever » VentureBeat

Jobs confirms iPhone application kill lever » VentureBeat — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:50:14 +0000

[...] users had said they downloaded the app accidentally, resulting in a very real $1,000 charge. While the app does basically nothing, its creator has said it is meant to be a piece of art. Apparently, Apple has different tastes in [...]

By: I Am Rich at Under The Bridge

I Am Rich at Under The Bridge — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:55:18 +0000

[...] brouhaha certainly is a milestone, indeed. The amount of generated angst across the spectrum from totalitarian demands for Apple to censor “junk” apps all the way over to libertarian defenses of the caveat emptor principle by way of musings on the [...]

By: technewsmadesimple.com » $1000 for an iPhone program?: Your source for simplified tech news and free tech support

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:33:56 +0000

[...] VentureBeat has a picture of the great program which allows you save the cool grand. VentureBeat also wonders how a program so useless, could be approved by Apple… oh that’s because Apple gets a cut from the programs that developers put up in the new Apple iPhone Apps Store! What’s the pay out? AlleyInsider lists the profits for the useless program developer at $5880 net revenue with Apple getting $2520 of the $7999.92 total gross. Now, I’m no businessman, but if I were Apple, why would you pull this program off the store? It isn’t the programmer’s fault that the program was useless, but rather the consumer’s fault for not looking at what they were getting. Not to mention they agreed to purchase the program abiding by the rules of Apple. [...]

By: Mac Blogga » Blog Archive » $1,000 iPhone App No More; Mourning “I Am Rich”

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:13:05 +0000

[...] p.m. Pacific yesterday, I Am Rich is no longer available from the iPhone AppStore. At the behest of VentureBeat and many other bloggers, Apple has yanked a brand new app in the prime of life. Yes, I know. [...]

By: Apple exerts more control over the iPhone | Prodigeek

Apple exerts more control over the iPhone | Prodigeek — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:15:05 +0000

[...] if people want to spend $1,000 on a red screen, who is Apple to say they can’t? MG Siegler of Venture Beat says since the App Store isn’t completely open, Apple shouldn’t have approved it in the [...]

By: News » ● The $1000 iPhone app

News » ● The $1000 iPhone app — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:26:55 +0000

By: News » Is There Any Good Reason Why Apple Should Pull The $1000 iPhone App?

News » Is There Any Good Reason Why Apple Should Pull The $1000 iPhone App? — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:25:13 +0000

By: May the force be with PhoneSaber: Another iPhone app vanishes » VentureBeat

May the force be with PhoneSaber: Another iPhone app vanishes » VentureBeat — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:11:09 +0000

[...] Episode IV: A New Hope) PhoneSaber has vanished into thin air. It follows BoxOffice, NetShare and I Am Rich as apps that have been pulled completely from the store by Apple. Unlike those however, at least we [...]