iPhone Apps Photography Shack
iPhone Apps Not Approved By Apple
By G L Harris
There’s an ongoing showdown that will soon come to
a head, and it all has to do with iPhone apps. The iPhone
is Apple’s smart phone that has countless capabilities,
allowing people to write little applications that others
can download to enable them to do, well, almost anything.
Programmers submit these applications to Apple, and
once the company approves them, they go into the App
Store. These apps usually cost a dollar or two, though
some very detailed ones can be more expensive. But there
are also many free apps, so there’s something for everyone.
Some Users Are Hacking Their iPhones
However, some people have a problem with the iPhone
apps officially approved by Apple. Those applications
often don’t quite do what people want or, more insidiously,
they sometimes allow a third party to track what they
do, infringing the user’s privacy. Whatever the reasons,
some users will do an iPhone hack.
They developed methods of breaking into their phone
to allow them to alter how the applications worked,
or to download apps from a source other than Apple.
One rationale for some of them was that they now owned
the phone, and should be allowed to review their options
and do what they wanted with it, as they could do with
a car they owned.
Apple Is Not Happy With Hacking
Not surprisingly, Apple decided not to take this tampering
with iPhone apps lying down. The company insists that
it’s not going to authorize this hacking, or as it is
also known, "jailbreaking," while the Electronic
Frontier Foundation among others have asked the nation’s
Copyright Office to allow hacking in certain instances.
Apple claims that opening up the iPhone this way would
cost money, deter its own development efforts, and open
it to a vast number of service calls from customers
who become angry when iPhone downloads from unauthorized
sources interfere with their phone’s performance.
Restricted Access To Sites And Programs
An official request for exemptions from copyright restrictions
on iPhone downloads, from sources other than Apple,
appear to be made for very important reasons. Many involve
disallowing Apple’s monopolistic ability to restrict
access to legitimate sites or programs.
Some iPhone apps have "shuttered" or shut
down sections, which can affect people adversely, such
as a downloaded ebook whose read-aloud function is blocked
and can’t be used by blind people.
The Copyright Office, whose ruling is expected sometime
in 2010, will need to consider all sides of the question
in order to make a decision that’s fair to the public,
as well as to Apple.
About the Author:
G L Harris has written a number of articles on digital cell phones, home security and digital photography including
Tiny Cameras,
Aerial Satellite Photos,
Baby Cameras,
Cell Phone Surveillance,
CCTV Security System,
Small Cameras,
Hidden Video Cameras,
Motion Detectors,
Outdoor Security Cameras.
Lookout for more articles on this website.
More Apple iPhone Facts....
Take a moment and look at your mobile device. Do you
own an iPhone? If you do not, how does your mobile device
measure up against the power of the iPhone? Chances
are that the iPhone can do more than your phone does.
It has the programming ability to tackle almost anything.
You can take your office with you when you leave. Calling
and texting are secondary when it comes to the iPhone.
In truth most people buy an iPhone for the iPhone applications
you can download. The applications are endless.
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