Chess.com iPhone App (future!)

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Did you make it to Jobs house yet, Erik?  Smile

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erik wrote:
Apollo33 wrote:

Anybody know what time we can give up on it being released today?


you can give up hope of it being released before it is actually released :) we have no control at this point. it's all in apple's unpredictable hands.


My question was what time Apple stops releasing Apps on a typical day.

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erik wrote:
Apollo33 wrote:

Anybody know what time we can give up on it being released today?


you can give up hope of it being released before it is actually released :) we have no control at this point. it's all in apple's unpredictable hands.


Apple is notorious for taking forever to approve apps for the iTunes store.  It could easily take two months or more.

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This was just up on the home page, app still doesn't seem to be released, but we have some screen shoes anyway ;-)

http://www.chess.com/play/iphone.html

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Acceptableloss wrote

Apple is notorious for taking forever to approve apps for the iTunes store.  It could easily take two months or more.


Or more ... Its quite possible that something could inspire apple to reject the app. Or not reject or approve the app. Apple has done that before. 

Erik- Any thoughts on in-app purchases for access to TT?

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darn, i really hope its sooner than later

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thebadthief wrote:
Its quite possible that something could inspire apple to reject the app. Or not reject or approve the app. Apple has done that before. 

Or reject the app, then make an official statement that they didn't reject it—they're just unsure about how Chess.com has implemented their own correspondence chess interface, which duplicates the functionality of Apple's Mail app. Surprised

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well i have high hopes that they don't do that. there have been a lot of apps coming out which are the moble version of many websites. and from the screenshots we've seen, it seems to be just that. a moble version of the chess.com site.

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It looks like it's out now! http://www.chess.com/play/iphone.html

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mfranzs wrote:

It looks like it's out now! http://www.chess.com/play/iphone.html


it looks like it but it isn't ...Frown

Avatar of Yoshua

I just downloaded it! Sweet!

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OMG IT'S REALLY REALLY THERE!!

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=329218549&mt=8

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sweet!

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don't forget to give us a (positive!) review! :D

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done.

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Erik, I think you should make me a beta tester.  I found a bug not one minute into using it.  Open, guest, settings, change anything, and it crashes! (iPod, latest OS.) For future reference, where should I post issues with the app?

Edit: I initially thought this was a problem with being a guest, but I can't hit any of the on/off buttons when I'm logged in, either!

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Brilliant app! Thanks Erik

Avatar of Yoshua

I have an Iphone with 3.1.2 software loaded and I have exactly the same issue as Philidorian.

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uh oh more bugs!!!!!!!!!!!

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bugs noted and are in process of fixing. we got very little QA towards the end of the process... i was begging for help. :) oh well. hopefully we'll get it worked out soon!