Apple has never been known for its vis-a-vis opening of rival platforms.
However, until now, were compatible with iPhones smartwatch produced by third parties and the App Store contains a number of compatible apps with them.
See This : Apple Watch: already 3 million pre-orders and 2 billion profit
But now that Apple Watch is there, the Cupertino consider perhaps gradually banning references to competitors of his watch connected its territory.
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Anyway, this is what suggests a recent publication on the Pebble forum, the company that manufactures the smartwatch the same name, which was already on the market before Apple and Android Watch Wear, and whose success n 'is to recall.
SeaNavUS is an old iOS application that supports Pebble watches for a while. When the developer wanted to update this application, he received this message from Apple, because the app and description thereof describe the support "thePebble Smartwatch" .
"The latest version of our application iOS SeaNav US has just been rejected by Apple because we support the Pebble Smartwatch and as we say in the description and metadata," explains the developer.
This policy is however not new . As recalled by our colleagues of Android Police, an iOS application has previously been repressed for example because the corresponding Android app received a distinction and that has been mentioned.
And we hoped that an iOS and Android support by Wear ( which seems technically possible and perhaps corresponding to the will of Google ). But this information show that it will not be easy to implement.
However, until now, were compatible with iPhones smartwatch produced by third parties and the App Store contains a number of compatible apps with them.
See This : Apple Watch: already 3 million pre-orders and 2 billion profit
But now that Apple Watch is there, the Cupertino consider perhaps gradually banning references to competitors of his watch connected its territory.
Anyway, this is what suggests a recent publication on the Pebble forum, the company that manufactures the smartwatch the same name, which was already on the market before Apple and Android Watch Wear, and whose success n 'is to recall.
SeaNavUS is an old iOS application that supports Pebble watches for a while. When the developer wanted to update this application, he received this message from Apple, because the app and description thereof describe the support "thePebble Smartwatch" .
"The latest version of our application iOS SeaNav US has just been rejected by Apple because we support the Pebble Smartwatch and as we say in the description and metadata," explains the developer.
This policy is however not new . As recalled by our colleagues of Android Police, an iOS application has previously been repressed for example because the corresponding Android app received a distinction and that has been mentioned.
And we hoped that an iOS and Android support by Wear ( which seems technically possible and perhaps corresponding to the will of Google ). But this information show that it will not be easy to implement.