Newly Formatted App Pages Have Started Appearing In App Store

iTunes app pages have started looking more like the iPhone App Store app pages. The new app page in iTunes has changed to accommodate side-scrolling screenshots of the app. So from now on, you wont have to click those dots to see rest of the screenshots, you need to just scroll. Cool stuff. Other changes include, much larger icons, moving ‘whats new in this version’ to the top, a shorter app description, more info about the developer and recommendations for related apps that you would find interesting.

But it might take a day or two for the changes to show up in your iTunes. Keep checking.

Best features are: Showing all the apps by the developer , What’s new in updated version..

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iTunes App Store “Release Date” Bugs

Check in iTunes App Store, pick a category, and get/go to the Sort by: Release Date listing and I wonder saw the apps with Release date 07 December 2009 and 30 November 2009 are displayed.



But these apps are on sale – Auto indexing sites (Appshopper) showing different dates:




For users looking to find new apps in iTunes, have to hit up third party tracking sites like AppShopper until Apple fixes the App Store proper. For developers who were hoping for the brief spotlight that listing provides for those users, well you’re out some primo free marketing. And for many, that’s going to hurt.

So, to sum up, yes Apple is still needs to get rid of bugs.

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iPhone App Developers Can View Approval Status

Apple is getting more and more developer friendly. Last week, Apple added a new feature to its Dev Center website that allows app developers to view the approval status of submitted apps. AppleInsider shared this bit of news, whereas in the past Apple had kept developers in the dark about their review and approval process.

There are allegedly nine status levels for submitted applications, including "in review," "ready for sale," and "rejected".




Original Story - AppleInsider

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Emantras' 1st Paid iPhone App – Lucky Me Lite

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mLab Emantras, the hotshot specialty animation firm, which shot into fame with its two acclaimed animation movies and web gaming diversified into iPhone gaming with Adam’s Trouble in August 2009.

Post the success of the free iPhone game (Adams Trouble), they launched the 1st paid iPhone app called Lucky Me lite a month ago (Published on Oct 09 on Store).
The iPhone app market is hotting up, with 100,000 apps already listed and 2 billion downloaded so far.

Lucky Me is a series of 7 mini games in one package and is available on iTunes since Oct 11. Launched for 99c, the game promises to pack in quite a punch with 7 separate mini games with exquisite and riveting features.

About the Game - http://www.luckyme.mobi/

Lucky Me is all about testing and scoring your luck. It comes with a luck meter which shows the score after each session/activity and also provides a Luck quote which will describe how lucky or unlucky you are at the moment.

Lucky Me also features multiple gestures like tilt, pinch tap, shake etc.. It also facilitates sharing the scores on facebook and challenging your friends to match your luck.

Lucky Me - Advanced version will also be available in a few days. That will feature nearly 20 games in one package with more interesting features. So the next time you want to determine your luck, stash away the fortune cookies and crystal balls. Go for Lucky Me – every bit of it is sheer fun.

Lte me see how interesting is the advanced version of Lucky Me App.

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