In another seemingly controversial App Store approval decision, Apple has forced iPhone developers to remove functionality that allows users to “free memory” on demand.
While third parties are limited from developing background applications for the iPhone, Apple allows their applications such as the iPod, Safari, and Mail applications to continue to run. After prolonged use, these background applications may take up most of the memory (RAM) on the iPhone that can create interface sluggishness and prevent some memory-intensive applications from loading. Applications such as iStat for iPhone (App Store link) have until now enabled users to free this memory with the click of a button.
When asked for comment, Bjango, the developer of iStat, gave the following account of Apple’s request:
When asked for comment, Bjango, the developer of iStat, gave the following account of Apple’s request:
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