The official version of iPhone OS 4.2 will be released this Sunday. Its success is more than just the success of the product. Apple's culture is embodied in every employee.
Steve Jobs, Apple's chief executive, recently called an iPhone OS developer to explain the rejection of its applications in the Apple App Store.
After Ram Arumugam, an application developer, was denied by the Apple App Store on its application Economy for iPad, he sent an email directly to Steve Jobs in October 26. According to the Seattle Times, two hours later, amganm received a call from Steve Jobs, explaining to amganm why his application was rejected.
Jobs told amganm that its applications are based on non-public APIs (application programming interfaces), which violates Apple's Guidelines for developers. Amamam pointed out that the use of private APIS is to solve the problem of removing the keyboard on the screen after the user inputs.
After talking to Steve Jobs, amganm revised the application to remove the private API, which was subsequently accepted by the Apple App Store. Amganm was surprised to receive a call from Steve Jobs.
Amganm said in his blog that it was surprising that Steve Jobs spent time reading emails, considering the app, and then making a phone call to reply.
Steve Jobs is a kiss-related CEO. He often gives replies to users who send emails to him. Reply emails are usually concise and published on the Internet for further attention, although the authenticity of many emails is hard to be confirmed.