With the release of iOS 4.1 for the iPhone, Apple have sent a clear message to developers: stop making crap apps, we don't need any more fart apps!
iOS 4.1 was released on the 8th September and is a free upgrade for the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G, and the second- and third-generation iPod Touch. The release fixes a number of bugs and glitches, and adds features including: improved photos, access to the Apple Game Store, and access to Ping, Apple's much-hyped new music social network.
In the new guidelines for developers, Apple have made it clear that they don't want any more 'crap apps'. The document even goes as far as saying that 'We have over 250,000 apps in the App Store. We don't need any more fart apps.' It is claimed that the developer of the iFart app made a cool $40,000 dollars in two days when the app was first released. It now looks like those days are over.
For the musician or DJ, the most exciting thing about iOS 4.1 is that applications will now be allowed direct access to the iTunes library, something that has not previously been possible. This function comes to the iPhone with iOS 4.1 and will arrive at the iPad with iOS 4.2, which is scheduled for release in November. Allowing apps to have direct access to the iTunes library removes a huge barrier to the development of music and DJ apps on the iPhone and iPad. It is surely now only a matter of time before we see fully functioning DJ apps that have all the same features as professional DJ software such as Traktor Pro.
So would you swap your fart app for a DJ app?
Maybe one day soon, DJs will just take two iPads to their gigs, instead of two CDJ decks or turntables... It is an exciting time for digital music. Watch this space!
iOS 4.1 was released on the 8th September and is a free upgrade for the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G, and the second- and third-generation iPod Touch. The release fixes a number of bugs and glitches, and adds features including: improved photos, access to the Apple Game Store, and access to Ping, Apple's much-hyped new music social network.
In the new guidelines for developers, Apple have made it clear that they don't want any more 'crap apps'. The document even goes as far as saying that 'We have over 250,000 apps in the App Store. We don't need any more fart apps.' It is claimed that the developer of the iFart app made a cool $40,000 dollars in two days when the app was first released. It now looks like those days are over.
For the musician or DJ, the most exciting thing about iOS 4.1 is that applications will now be allowed direct access to the iTunes library, something that has not previously been possible. This function comes to the iPhone with iOS 4.1 and will arrive at the iPad with iOS 4.2, which is scheduled for release in November. Allowing apps to have direct access to the iTunes library removes a huge barrier to the development of music and DJ apps on the iPhone and iPad. It is surely now only a matter of time before we see fully functioning DJ apps that have all the same features as professional DJ software such as Traktor Pro.
So would you swap your fart app for a DJ app?
Maybe one day soon, DJs will just take two iPads to their gigs, instead of two CDJ decks or turntables... It is an exciting time for digital music. Watch this space!
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