[Star Traveler]

Some people talk about Apple not getting involved in "approving" apps at all in the iPhone App store -- but then again, we can see what happens when a Chinese scammer tries to foist over 1,000 baloney-phoney apps and his "review scam" on the iPhone and iPod Touch public...

I think Apple needs to keep watching it with the iPhone and iPod Touch apps...

[Star Traveler]

A FReeper article about the Chinese scammer...

Apple Bans Another Developer, 1000+ Apps Pulled [Developer scamming reviews]

[Star Traveler]

Does Apple need to keep a watch on the iPhone and iPod Touch Apps — or — just let all hell break loose and “buyer beware”...?

Is letting “all hell break loose” the way to build up the iPhone and iPod Touch customer base... :-)

[Star Traveler]

Some previous Apple articles posted on Free Republic...
at least by Star Traveler

• Who Can Kill the iPhone?
• Apple's iTunes overtakes Amazon in overall music sales
• Apple iPhone expected to drive mobile phone industry toward fancier touch screens
• Apple devotees rush stores for iPhone
• Mac users 'ecstatic' about new Apple Store
• Jobs Is Back, Apple's Still Standing, Life Goes On
• Out with Treos, in with iPhones
• Letters from Microsoft: An Employee Tosses His Zune
• Apple's 99-Cent Apps Are Too Cheap, Microsoft Says
• ONE IN FOUR SONGS IN U.S. BOUGHT ON iTUNES
• "APPLE HAS CHANGED THE WAY THE GAME IS PLAYED", says MSFT Win Mob chief
• iPhones Cause People To Talk Less
• GROKLAW’S EXCELLENT TAKE ON THE RECENT PSYSTAR SHENANIGANS (Apple Computer)
• PSYSTAR HIT WITH $5K FINE FOR DISCOVERY ABUSE (Apple Computer)
• INTEGO SPOTS MALWARE BLOCKER IN SNOW LEOPARD (Apple Mac OS X)
• Parallels to make switching to the Mac easier, safe and painless
• THE IPHONE & STEVE BALLMER: IT’S TIME FOR HIM TO EAT SOME SERIOUS CROW
• An in-depth look at Psystar’s legal defeat at the hands of Apple
• Has Palm finally given up on the great cat/mouse/iTunes chase of ‘09?
• Jobs’ Personal, Terse Reply to Developer [Apple Computer]
• Android goes for iPhone weak spot: porn apps [Porn is iPhone Killer?]
• Mac sales projected to grow 26% in 2010, outpacing PC market
• Apple's iPhone On Its Way To Becoming The Microsoft Windows Of Mobile
• Is Apple the Mobile Walmart?
• Apple's Base Stations Have Three 802.11n Streams [Faster WiFi on Apple]
• Analysis: Apple Embraces The Cloud, Positions Mobile With Lala Deal [Extends iTunes]
• Forget The iPhone: The iPod touch Is Where It’s At
• >All Hail the iPod touch
• Apple Bans Another Developer, 1000+ Apps Pulled [Developer scamming reviews]
• Lala purchase may hint at the coming of the rumored iTunes Replay service
• Dragon Dictation comes to the iPhone. Wow. [iPhone Talk-to-text]
• Apple can be copied, but can it be beat?
• Why Apple succeeds, and always will
• Apple Says Nokia Missed The Boat And “Chose To Copy The iPhone” Instead
• AT&T and the All-You-Can-Eat Dilemma [Apple & iPhone]
• iPhone App Store reaches 300,000 available apps by end of November 2010?
• Why Apple should keep a closer eye on prolific app store developers
• Apple beat Google to LaLa deal after failed bid for AdMob [iPhone and iTunes]