Comments on: fruux and the “Desktop AppStore”

By: Kilian

Kilian — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:20:39 +0000

I think that stating as a reason for rejection “because it competes with our software” is simply inacceptable.

I mean we the Apple customers have tons of applications on our Macs that totally compete with applications Apple is selling. So what?
What’s their point? They have successfully sold us their hardware, it’s a deal done, they should now let us use the applications on our devices that we want on them…

By: Tim V

Tim V — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:05:33 +0000

Stay Strong! I’m on a PC comp right now. But when I get home, I’m trying your products. If it works as well as everyone says it does, you have done some pretty amazing stuff. Of course, apple doesn’t want to promote your product. You could easily replace a lot of people’s mobile me with a free product.

By: Norman

Norman — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:34:56 +0000

Why do you need an iPhone app? Can you not make it such that it is possible to configure fruux syncing on the iPhone/iPod Touch via an exchange server like Google contacts/calendars does? They do not require their own iPhone software, it uses the software already built in to the device.

By: Lupus

Lupus — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:49:03 +0000

I don’t want to sync GBs of photos or whatever MM likes to charge for, I primarily want my contacts and iCal events (with to-dos!) synced between Mac and iPhone. So why pay for MM, if fruux could probably offer these basic services for, let’s say, 20 € a year?

But if Apple doesn’t behave, I’ll be happy to do the jailbreak and order fruux wherever it happens to be available then.

By: Didz

Didz — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:38:08 +0000

I’m not sure Apple will “open” their dedicated OTA syncing protocol (the one they use for MobileMe) to third party developers. Therefore the ActiveSync is likely a better choice (even if it’s not made by Apple). It’s good to know that you are already experimeting with the Z-Push library ! Can’t wait to see in action if you release it one day ^^

Google recently enabled ActiveSync for Google Calendars and Google Contacts, it works pretty well except that the Address Book format in GMail is not the same than the one used in OS X (no picture, limited fields for emails, phones, etc.). That is where fruux could do the difference (since it’s made for Macs) !

By: Dominik

Dominik — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:45:23 +0000

We already started some experiments with Z-Push – it’s interesting, but we’d still prefer a dedicated Apple OTA syncing protocol. Not sure if that will ever happen…

By: Didz

Didz — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:34:34 +0000

Have you considered using the Z-Push technology ?

It would allow virtually any ActiveSync capable device (mobile phones like the iPhone or even Mac/PCs) to sync contacts/calendars/tasks with fruux. It’s also a nice way to bypass Apple’s approval process because using ActiveSync would avoid the necessity to develop an iPhone app.

By: Macoreo » Archivados » Si tienes un iPhone con jailbrake eres un criminal

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:49:03 +0000

[...] a quienes Apple rechazó incluirlos en la sección de descargas de su web por una simple razón: Competía directamente contra MobileMe. Fruux es una utilidad que podemos descargar tanto para el iPhone como para las Mac y permite [...]

By: diskostu sagt… » MobileMe no more?

diskostu sagt… » MobileMe no more? — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 09:33:57 +0000

[...] kommen. Hoffen wir, dass Apple den Entwicklern dabei keinen Strich durch die Rechnung macht (Ablehnung a la “Your service is too similar to MobileMe”, sowas gab’s ja schon öfter). [...]

By: Rahul

Rahul — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:32:40 +0000

I prefer fruux to mobile me. I agree, I’m not going to subscribe to mobile me, but will continue to use fruux. As for the syncing, I say keep doing it.

As for the iPhone client, here’s where Apple gets tricky. If they decide (for whatever reason) they don’t like how your product is too similar to theirs and denies you access, it’s a bunch of wasted work on your part. It’s not fair and I’ll bet they’ll get a Microsoft-like anti-trust lawsuit on their hands. Whenever I get an iPhone and iPhone fruux is out, I’ll get it!

Thanks for a great product.