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How Many Apps Had You Created When You Were 12?

by PatrickJ on November 11th, 2010

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Here’s two of the iOS app developers I met briefly at this week’s 360iDev conference in Austin. On the left is Charlie Fish, CEO of App-Whiz, makers of Sword and a number of other iPhone apps. On the right is Santiago Gonzalez, owner of Hicaduda, publisher of nearly a dozen apps for the iPhone and iPad.

Did I mention they’re both 12 years old?  I don’t know about you, but from what I can recall when I was 12 I could barely tie my shoes or find my way to the school bus stop. These guys are coding in multiple languages and making their mark in the App Store. I haven’t tried out any of their apps just yet, but I think you have to admire the heck out of these guys for what they’ve achieved already, and I imagine the best is yet to come from these two. It was very cool meeting them, and seeing their enthusiasm for what they’re doing.

You can check out Santiago and Charlie’s apps at their sites here:

http://hicaduda.com/

http://app-whiz.com/

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Thu, 11 Nov 2010 13:05:00 -0800 iPad developer gets app rejected, call from Steve Jobs | TiPb http://idev24.posterous.com/ipad-developer-gets-app-rejected-call-from-st http://idev24.posterous.com/ipad-developer-gets-app-rejected-call-from-st

iPad developer gets app rejected, call from Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs with an iPad

If your iPad app is rejected from the iTunes App Store there’s a slim chance that, just like developer Ram Arumugam, you might get a call from Apple CEO Steve Jobs. Arumugam emailed Steve Jobs after his app was rejected but instead of getting the typical “[something curt] – Sent from my iPad” email back, he got a phone call. The Seattle Times reports:

The two talked about Arumugam’s app, called “Economy for iPad,” and why it was rejected by Apple

His app had included non-public API requests not approved by Apple, and Steve Jobs was able to reason with him enough to have Arumugam submit Economy for iPad without the undocumented API request. Since then, it has been a huge success in the App Store and has gone on to hold the No. 1 spot under the Finance category.

It’s great to see Jobs taking such a proactive approach in reaching out to the smaller developers out there — it’s something that you just don’t see a whole lot of these days.

What do you think about Steve Jobs calling instead of emailing? Let us know in the comments!

[ The Seattle Times via 9to5 Mac ]

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