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palex481 · 03-17-2009, 03:35 PM

iPhone firmware 3.0 will allow purchases of additional content from within an app, but only a paid app. The example of additional content included ebooks, but the stipulation that it be a paid app, would mean that the Amazon Kindle app would have to be a paid app to add the amazon bookstore within the app, which sucks. I mean, who wants to pay additional money so they can access a store?

I wonder if they added that stipulation just to spite Amazon. Of course, why Amazon doesn't allow digital content to be downloaded from their mobile site is beyond me.

03-17-2009, 03:35 PM	#1
palex481 Connoisseur Posts: 93 Karma: 53 Join Date: May 2008 Device: Sony PRS-505	iphone 3.0 to allow purchases within apps but only paid ones iPhone firmware 3.0 will allow purchases of additional content from within an app, but only a paid app. The example of additional content included ebooks, but the stipulation that it be a paid app, would mean that the Amazon Kindle app would have to be a paid app to add the amazon bookstore within the app, which sucks. I mean, who wants to pay additional money so they can access a store? I wonder if they added that stipulation just to spite Amazon. Of course, why Amazon doesn't allow digital content to be downloaded from their mobile site is beyond me.