apple does indeed sell apps of its own in the store: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/texas-holdem/id284602850?mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/texas-holdem/i

apple does indeed sell apps of its own in the store: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/texas-holdem/id284602850?mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/texas-holdem/id284602850?mt=8 it seems like they are for the most part playing fair: apple's apps don't use private apis, they are required to compete against other apps the same as the rest of us, and so on. if there have been any violations of that "gentleman's agreement," i haven't heard about them, and i pay a lot of attention to the blogosphere on this subject. it seems to be only the apps that are installed by default on the device that get special treatment.