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Apple kicks off iPhone developer survey

Stuart Dredge
Apple kicks off iPhone developer survey

How would you improve the App Store submission process?

Apple has launched a survey of iPhone developers, canvassing their satisfaction with its iPhone Developer Program.

The survey focuses on every stage of the program, from enrollment and submission through to approvals and updates, according to TechCrunch.

There's also a free-entry question asking developers to suggest 'What one thing could Apple do to make the iPhone Developer Program better?'.

In one sense, this survey isn't big news - you'd expect platform owners to be regularly gathering such feedback from their developer communities.

However, it does illustrate a wider trend in 2010: the increasing importance of developer relations, as more app stores launch on rival smartphones.

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Apple isn't facing a developer brain drain to Android, BlackBerry and the Ovi Store - yet - but with Google, RIM and Nokia all sharpening up their developer relations - not to mention other handset makers and the mobile operators - Apple clearly doesn't want to rest on its laurels.

Talking of which, what one thing would YOU like to see Apple to to improve its developer program? Let us know in a comment.

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