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Apple now allows in-app purchases for free apps
By Jim DalrympleOctober 15, 2009, 2:19 pm PT
In a note sent to iPhone developers on Thursday and seen by The Loop, Apple gave the thumbs-up to in-app purchases for free apps.
This means that developers can make a free app and sell content from within the app itself. Until now, developers were only allowed to use the in-app purchases in paid apps.
“You can also simplify your development by creating a single version of your app that uses In App Purchase to unlock additional functionality, eliminating the need to create Lite versions of your app,” reads the note from Apple. “Using In App Purchase in your app can also help combat some of the problems of software piracy by allowing you to verify In App Purchases.”
This is great news for developers that can offer content and upgrades. Hopefully it won’t lead to longer waits on app approvals as Apple sifts through what content is being sold in the apps.
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Apple now allows in-app purchases for free apps
By Jim DalrympleOctober 15, 2009, 2:19 pm PT
In a note sent to iPhone developers on Thursday and seen by The Loop, Apple gave the thumbs-up to in-app purchases for free apps.
This means that developers can make a free app and sell content from within the app itself. Until now, developers were only allowed to use the in-app purchases in paid apps.
“You can also simplify your development by creating a single version of your app that uses In App Purchase to unlock additional functionality, eliminating the need to create Lite versions of your app,” reads the note from Apple. “Using In App Purchase in your app can also help combat some of the problems of software piracy by allowing you to verify In App Purchases.”
This is great news for developers that can offer content and upgrades. Hopefully it won’t lead to longer waits on app approvals as Apple sifts through what content is being sold in the apps.
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Boxcar now does this as the dev made boxcar free and now charges if you want more than one service’s notifications pushed to you.
I think that this is really about the tablet – imagine a free “newspaper” with clickable ads that allow you to purchase the item advertised right away – an ereader that allows you to buy books directly and get them right away – a pizza app that allows you to order and pay for pizza delivery wherever you are, and so on forever- just use your imagination. I don’t think it’s just about buying another version of the free apps at all, or that will be just a sideline .
Incidentally, those who want the full macos on a tablet need to think about sitting on the sofa, running a vnc client on the ‘tablet’, and using all the apps and data on the mac or pc in the basement or attic or wherever. You don’t need the overhead, short battery life, or problems of an unsecured, unlimited app OS attempting to utilize bandwith on a fragiie wireless network -INMHO, all the current wireless networks are fragile and traffic limited, not just ATT- live in a semi-rural area, used them all and have experienced this personally – until someone puts high powered , extremely high bandwith satellites in orbit so everyone, everywhere can get RELIABLE, FAST wireless access, the ‘cloud’ remains vapor for people like me.