Apple Approves Email App, Duplicates Its Own Functions

You already know that Apple isn't exactly the most open company in the world. Its security seems to have slipped lately, as shown by the approval of a third-party email app for the iPhone. What's odd about it is that its features are similar to what Apple already has in place, so why was it approved in the first place?

Recently we were sent a PR email about an iPhone app called BdEmailer. According to the release, the program is the "the first wide email iPhone app that supports client SMTP." That means, in essence, that it duplicates an exact function of Apple's Mail application on the iPhone and touch.

I doubt that Apple is changing its policy all of a sudden, so one has to wonder how it got through. There's also the question about where things are going to go from here. There's the option to do nothing and just let it pass. Will it be yanking its approval, which is guaranteed to lead to further trouble? Let's wait and see how this one turns out.

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