iPhone apps won't be bigger than 2GB or cost more than a grand
We were really counting on heading straight to the bank with our $1,500, 3-gigabyte... uh, "application" on the App Store next month, but Apple just went and threw a wet blanket on those meticulously thought-out plans of ours. Current intel suggests that Apple intends to allow developers to charge between 99 cents and $999.99 for programs sold through its portal -- those that aren't offered for free, anyway -- in tiered increments depending on the price range. No single app will be allowed to exceed 2GB in size, though it's not clear whether that's for technical or business reasons; at any rate, the sheer torture of attempting to download and install anything close to that size over WiFi will be giving us nightmares for weeks to come. AppleInsider points out that the limitation could put the kibosh on business apps that rely on large integrated data sets to function, so we guess that means you'll just have to play more Super Monkey Ball in their stead. Shucks!
[Via iLounge]
