Re: Purchasing from an iOs App

2011-09-07 Thread Pete
That's an appalling experience. Sorry, but with or without Steve Jobs, that is ridiculous and reinforces why I will never buy an iPhone or an iPad. Pete Molly's Revenge On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 9:05 PM, Chipp Walters wrote: > Below is reprinted from elsewhere by

Re: Purchasing from an iOs App

2011-09-07 Thread Scott Rossi
Recently, Chipp Walters quoted: > Rule of thumb: If it > looks like a URL is visible from anywhere in the app, you're better off to > remove it prior to submission. I haven't been able to ascertain just what > they will let through yet, but there's a much greater likelihood that an app > with no

Re: Purchasing from an iOs App

2011-09-07 Thread Chipp Walters
Below is reprinted from elsewhere by a LC developer trying to get his app approved. Ian's expertise on the subject notwithstanding, the empirical data below may suggest no URLs of any kind, linkable or not, may not be allowed. On Tuesday, August 23, 2011, Peter Hermsen wrote: > I'm still fighting

Re: Purchasing from an iOs App

2011-09-07 Thread Ian Wood
If you can purchase photos to view within the app then the 30% will kick in. Ian On 7 Sep 2011, at 09:36, paolo mazza wrote: > What about selling pictures ? Are they considered digital content? > Consider a photographer selling his pictures ( users will download > files of high-resolution image)

Re: Purchasing from an iOs App

2011-09-07 Thread paolo mazza
What about selling pictures ? Are they considered digital content? Consider a photographer selling his pictures ( users will download files of high-resolution image). On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Ian Wood wrote: > As far as I'm aware there have never been any restrictions on buying > non-di

Re: Purchasing from an iOs App

2011-09-07 Thread Ian Wood
As far as I'm aware there have never been any restrictions on buying non-digital content. In-app buying of content for the app itself (such as levels for games, books for Kindle or digital magazine issues/subscriptions etc.) is where the 30% kicks in. Ian On 7 Sep 2011, at 08:51, paolo mazza w

Re: Purchasing from an iOs App

2011-09-07 Thread paolo mazza
So, according to the present rules of the AppStore, I can have an application with a list of wines and have a button opening a web page in Safari where people can buy the selected wine. (ie www.wineshop.it/store.php?name=mywine&bottles=12 ) . Right? Thanks a lot. Paolo

Re: Purchasing from an iOs App

2011-09-06 Thread John Allijn
My two cents: The ebay app has "buy now" buttons and is highly succesfull Regards, John On Sep 7, 2011, at 2:45, Chipp Walters wrote: > My guess is NO, this does not apply. Nope, wait, the wind just changed, YES > it does apply, you cannot link in anyway to any website whatsoever. OOPS, my >

Re: Purchasing from an iOs App

2011-09-06 Thread Chipp Walters
My guess is NO, this does not apply. Nope, wait, the wind just changed, YES it does apply, you cannot link in anyway to any website whatsoever. OOPS, my bad, the coin flipped again, the answer is now NO, go ahead and try. If the reviewer's name ends in 'ski' and the review day is Tuesday, chances a

Purchasing from an iOs App

2011-09-06 Thread paolo mazza
Referring to verse 11.13 of the holy "App Store Review Guidellines" (last edition) , "Apps that link to external mechanisms for purchases or subscriptions to be used in the app, such as a “buy" button that goes to a web site to purchase a digital book, will be rejected" What about a "buy" butto