Comments on: Apple blocks MailWrangler application for no good reason

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[...] Apple blocks MailWrangler application for no good reason [...]

By: Nate

Nate — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:01:21 +0000

This is pathetic.

The more Apple does this, the more they are making the case for Windows Mobile.

By: Kevin H

Kevin H — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:36:05 +0000

This sounds like one more reason for me to not get an iPhone and instead go with android, even though as a whole package, it probably won’t be better.

By: IL Padrone

IL Padrone — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:56:27 +0000

Once again you are correct sir!! Apple has always been slick like that.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:25:12 +0000

I suspect they would accept once the account editing is added. It may not seem to be logical, but I’ve seen stranger things. The same reason that computers do not run companies (yet).

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:09:37 +0000

Just do a Jailbreak and you can install your own applications. Don’t know though if this application is going to be released for cydia or installler…

By: Glenn Broadway

Glenn Broadway — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:05:24 +0000

Let someone else repair their design flaws? Don’t be silly. They save them up, fix them themselves once they’ve sold a couple of million handsets and then release a new version to rapturous applause from the hoards of mindless fanboys (do I sound cynical?).

By: Marco

Marco — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:04:10 +0000

That’s one of the reasons that keeps me from getting an Apple products. Apple is getting to be too much of a control freak. With a *smart*phone that doesn’t let you attach more than one picture at a time they should at least let somebody else repair their design flaws. So a theoretically interesting products becomes less and less interesting to the more evolved community.

By: Jay@konsulted.com

Jay@konsulted.com — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:03:06 +0000

Can’t they distribute their app on their own (enterprise)? Do they need Apple’s approval for that?

By: ajay

ajay — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:19:24 +0000

so weak…

well, as frustrating as this is, it’s not sustainable. apple will eventually have to compete with the more open platforms.

By: timheuer

timheuer — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:45:31 +0000

MailWrangler isn’t the only one, just the latest — it’s getting ridiculous. Duplicate functionality? helllloooo: http://timheuer.com/blog/archive/2008/09/22/apple-appstore-restricts-user-choice.aspx

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:17:34 +0000

I would really like to have this application. I’ve already replaced my Mail app shortcut with a shortcut to gmail in Safari, but it’s annoying having to deal with logging in periodically. And having it as only one Safari page among many means the shortcut doesn’t always behave the way I’d like.

I appreciate that Apple regulates the app store somewhat, but this feels like a case of stifling innovation. And the reason sounds hollow, as I’m more likely to be confused by the nuanced differentiation among a dozen calculators than I am between this app and Mail.