I hate doing it .... but another post about how good Apple is at approving apps

When ever I talk to people in the telco industry and talk about BigTinCan and what we are doing with our iPhone app, people are always asking "but how do you get Apple to approve it? Apple hates competitive telco apps right?".....well my answer has to be a resounding NO - Apple seems to be very supportive of new innovative telco apps

We have just partnered with GlobalTel a major Florida based telco, who is a global leader in "call back" services. We have jointly created a new iPhone app that uses the GlobalTel backend to allow their customers to use the iPhone to make calls (read save money). Its simply called "GlobalTel" and is available on the AppStore now (AppStore Link)

Once we completed the development, we submitted to Apple - in fact it was just before Christmas. We had an email back from Apple requesting a small (very minor and not really relevant to this) issue - we made the change, resubmitted, and then the app was approved only a few days later.

What can we say, from our repeated experience, Apple is a friend to innovative developers who are interested in helping the smartphone community through telco apps.

And now into 2010 - we see even more opportunity to work with Apple on new ideas.