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Jane12 · 02-01-2011, 12:52 AM

DOH! This doesn't sound good ...

from the New York Times:

"[Apple] has told some applications developers, including Sony, that they can no longer sell content, like e-books, within their apps, or let customers have access to purchases they have made outside the App Store [emphasis added].

"Apple rejected Sony’s iPhone application, which would have let people buy and read e-books bought from the Sony Reader Store ....

"The move could affect companies like Amazon.com and others that sell e-book readers that compete with Apple’s iPad tablet and offer free mobile apps so customers can read their e-book purchases on other devices. An iPad owner, for instance, has not needed to own a Kindle to read Kindle books bought from Amazon.

"That may now change."

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/01/te.../01apple.html?

02-01-2011, 12:52 AM	#1
Jane12 Groupie Posts: 171 Karma: 1706300 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: iDevices	Apple Pulling the Plug on Reader Apps? DOH! This doesn't sound good ... from the New York Times: "[Apple] has told some applications developers, including Sony, that they can no longer sell content, like e-books, within their apps, *or let customers have access to purchases they have made outside the App Store* [emphasis added]. "Apple rejected Sony’s iPhone application, which would have let people buy and read e-books bought from the Sony Reader Store .... "The move could affect companies like Amazon.com and others that sell e-book readers that compete with Apple’s iPad tablet and offer free mobile apps so customers can read their e-book purchases on other devices. An iPad owner, for instance, has not needed to own a Kindle to read Kindle books bought from Amazon. "That may now change." http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/01/te.../01apple.html?