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While iTunes was loading, I was wondering if the app would be paid or free. I started calculating mentally, what I would do if the app was paid - thought, okay,
by maxklein 17y ago
While iTunes was loading, I was wondering if the app would be paid or free. I started calculating mentally, what I would do if the app was paid - thought, okay, for 99cents I'd get it. On reflection, I'd get it for 9.99, but I'd post a nasty HN comment about them. For 19.90, I'd have said no way.
By this time, it had loaded, and I saw it was free. I was like - these dudes are pretty good dudes. Free, yarr? Nice!
- maxklein 17y agoAnd then my iTunes popped up and told me that 3.0 was not a high enough version. C'mon dudes, jailbreaking is not that easy for the latest versions, I intentionally stay a version behind.
- noodle 17y agothey didn't support 3.0 because of missing capability that caused problems.
- maxklein 17y agoLike what? The 3.1 SDK did not bring much more in that an app like dropbox would need.
- edd 17y ago"The choice to go with 3.1 was because of a limitation with 3.0.1. Under 3.0.1 if you record video from within the Dropbox app that video couldn't be saved to your iPhone photos directory, so if your upload was interrupted for any reason the video would be lost. With 3.1 we can save the video to your photos on the phone, so if the upload fails you still have a copy and can attempt to upload again. My apologies for the inconvenience, but when it comes to data loss, we always have to aim for the safest option." - http://blog.getdropbox.com/?p=102#comment-17809293 http://blog.getdropbox.com/?p=102#comment-17809293
- mr_dbr 17y agoTheir plan seems to be, give stuff away for free, charge for more storage. I would have been surprised if they charged for the iPhone application..