Sorry to have neglected you, loyal blog readers. I posted this news to our Facebook page and Twitter stream and forgot to update the blog! Here's the story:
After nine days in line, Apple rejected our app at the end of last week because we used the word "DEMO" in one section label to indicate several hours of demo music for brand new listeners. It seems they confused that kind of demo with a demo app. "Demo" and "beta" apps are not allowed!
We told them that our use of word had absolutely nothing to do with incomplete or limited function apps, but they still sent us back to change it anyway. Catch 22? You decide. Words like "trivial" don't quite do it justice.
So we redid the text references and the graphics, added a minor feature, fixed another bug or two and resubmitted the app last Sunday night.That put us back at the end of the line, and we are now waiting as patiently as we can for them to re-review. At this point I'm not going to make any predictions about when it will go live.
As soon as we have more news, we'll post it here. And on Facebook. And on Twitter...
:: SH
Thanks for the update for us non-Facebook and non-Twitter users (all dozen of us?). It's exciting to know that it's so close. Can't wait to use it!
Posted by: Babs | 30 September 2010 at 11:19 AM
If this were an Android app you wouldn't have this problem..
Posted by: Matt | 30 September 2010 at 12:16 PM
oh my gosh! I cannot wait for the iphone app! thanks so much!!!
Posted by: Cindy | 30 September 2010 at 02:12 PM
We have started work on an Android app and are looking forward to being on that platform.
The current Android environment is less restrictive for developers, but users will ultimately pay the price with apps that are less reliable or contain objectionable payloads.
Apple's standards more or less guarantee a more consistent "user experience," a tradeoff that most iPhone users find worth the extra time and effort.
:: SH
Posted by: Stephen Hill | 30 September 2010 at 03:15 PM
Wow--that's pretty frustrating! Thanks for all the effort, though. Looking forward to using the app!
Posted by: Micah | 30 September 2010 at 09:17 PM
SH: True, but since we are talking about *your* app I don't think you would be putting in any objectionable payloads :)
Posted by: Matt | 04 October 2010 at 12:00 PM
I started my subscription back up..I was waiting until the iphone app was running because I don't listen as much on my desktop as I used to but I missed the music too much :( Hopefully my subscription will include the iphone listening capability whenever it gets approved. thanks for all of your hard work..can't wait to listen on my phone :)
Posted by: Cindy | 06 October 2010 at 07:11 PM
Thanks, Cindy. The app is currently "under review" by Apple and could be approved anytime -- unless there is another hitch. Once approved, the app will go live in the app store immediately. Of course we'll announce it here (and on Facebook and Twitter) as soon as we hear anything.
All Archive Access and Radio Channel subscribers will have full use of all features of the HOS iPhone app; This Week's Show subscribers will have unlimited access to the current program; due to technical limitations "prepaid minutes" plans are not supported in this version of the app. We hope to support this plan in future versions.
Posted by: Stephen Hill | 06 October 2010 at 07:43 PM
I'm a little confused still. I subscribe to the Radio Channel. I just downloaded the app on my iPhone and I can't seem to find where to stream the radio channel so I can listen to it on my iPhone. What can't I figure out here?
Posted by: Alejandro Moreno | 07 October 2010 at 09:26 PM