I would prefer for this comment to be posted anonymous by you. I wrote more than I planned so if you want to crop out a lot of it, that would make sense. I am also an app developer and absolutely DO NOT want to get caught in the storm. However, as you'll read below, [...]
That would be why I couldn't find any. Well, that is good news but I think it also supports your previous statements, and maybe she realized it is kind of fishy for a company to review their own product.
I am happy to report that since my post "Buyer Beware," Ms. Fernandes has removed her reviews of her own apps.
Can you post which apps she left reviews on? I am curious to read them and it may take me forever if I click on each one in iTunes. Thanks!
First Words International Patti Hamaguchi has developed another well thought out and executed app. First Words International is a basic vocabulary app. It offers 50 words in seven different languages: English, Chinese, Spanish, French, Japanese, Hindi and Russian. What sets this app apart from other vocabulary apps is the way in which Ms. Hamaguchi [...]
Yesterday a reader contacted me and asked her to post her comment anonymously. "Thanks you for standing your ground Mirla. I agree that it is inappropriate for employees or those professionally connected with an app company to "review" their own apps in iTunes. It never occurred to me that one would even consider doing so.I [...]
Sheesh, I don't know any of the players in this, but anyone who feels the need to rant--and if you're using that many caps, you're ranting--in response to a short, pointed blog post is a little too defensive.Itunes reviews are not the appropriate place for a professional to express her opinion of her work done [...]
SB, I removed your comment by accident. I apologize.For readers who would like to contact me via email, please do the following: Type in your comment, your email address and indicate if you would prefer that I not post your comment. I will not post it onto the blog. Instead I will respond via email. [...]
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Before I respond to the various replies to my Buyer Beware blog, I would like to share what I knew about Smarty Ears and Barbara Fernandes prior to Buyer Beware. I knew that Ms. Fernandes was one of the first speech pathologists to develop apps for the profession. I knew that her company had grown [...]
