A couple of customers have emailed us about dishpointer being released for the Android OS (with iPhone screenshots, no less) and asked if we’re going to port DishLoc. The quick answer is ‘No’. The long answer is ‘Maybe’. It really depends on the feedback we get from potential customers. Right now we’re working on something a bit more advanced than DishLoc so we’d like to focus our efforts on that, but if the market is there, we’d of course do a port.
We’ve also been informed that some of our more zealous supporters have been posting links to the OSNews article whenever they see dishpointer mentioned. Please stop doing this at once!
Just kidding! I think they deserve it for the underhanded way they tried to get us off the app store, and I think its perfectly reasonable to want consumers to know about the people they’re buying from. If company A tried to force company B out of the computer sales market by lying to the computer parts supplier, would you feel good about buying computers from them?
No wonder I didn’t get any hits. 
Linked to the main DishLoc.com page now.
Err… I meant ‘More on’. Ok, maybe I didn’t.
No response yet from DP Technologies.
Anyone have any ideas? Bueller? Bueller?
Quick talk with a lawyer to make sure we’re on solid ground here, and then sent dp tech this email:
We just received this email and I wanted to clear this up before it becomes an embarrassment to you. Before going further, I’d like to point out a few things:
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It seems that our competition, DP Technologies Ltd, seems to think that we are infringing on their rights. Here’s their complaint, sent to me by Apple, requesting me to make whatever changes necessary:
The disputed developer copied design elements and functionality from our app DishPointer AR Pro and DishPointer Maps. In particular, showing the clarke belt and satellites on the camera preview is propriatary to us for which we are filing a patent. Showing a street map and displaying alignment lines on top of that map is also propriatery to us. Please remove infringing app from store.
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Got my first App Store rejection letter. Luckily they pointed out exactly what was wrong, so I fixed it immediately, and re-submitted. I also sent them a nice letter thanking them for their feedback. It never hurts to be polite, right?
For those wondering, when you’re in the Google Maps view, if you don’t have a network connection, you just get a blank screen. They wanted me to put some kind of notice that the blank screen is due to no network connectivity. This has been added.
Yes, DishLoc 2.0 has been submitted. I know I promised screenshots, but reconsidered it. No sense giving our competition features to copy, eh? He’ll do it soon enough. I’ll keep you updated here.
We just received the email. App Stores should have it within the next 24 hours. We’ll be submitting 2.0 in the next day or two! (Pictures coming then.)
Nobody likes this waiting game. Its been two weeks since I first tried to submit DishLoc 1.0, and since it was really iffy at the time, I decided to email Apple support to make sure they actually got it. My competition is getting too many sales! They reply quickly enough that they are indeed looking at my app. Thanks for throwing me a bone, Apple! 
Searching through the app store for competition, I just noticed that another dish pointing app just got approved. 
They even have a video out, but fortunately, DishLoc 1.0 works better. It does look somewhat similar (they only show the augmented view) but all augmented reality apps look similar because they all use the same camera and same display. Only the bottom would really change. Also for satellites he has little red dots on the clarke belt. (The ‘belt’ around the earth where the geostationary satellites live.) I don’t see how that could be useful, but if we get any requests we can add it.
Oddly enough, they already have 3 glowing 5-star reviews. One of them is their forum supplier (satelliteguys.us) so I’m a little suspicious.