Last week we reported on a pretty little ereader for the iPhone that didn’t make Apple’s crazy approval process because it allowed access to the Kama Sutra. It sounds like Apple’s smarter thinking prevailed, and Eucalyptus has been reinstated at the original $10 price tag.

Though it’s tough to say what really made the difference, I’d like to think rampant posts about the ridiculous rejection brought it to Apple’s attention, at which point they actually thought, instead of just mashing the ‘declined’ stamp on seeing the words ‘Kama Sutra.’

As for the app, I’m not sure I’d spend $10 to read public domain books (read, old) on the go. It’s a nice model, though, and hopefully something others can look at to make future apps with some added functionality.

Apple’s most recent app store rejection comes from an app named Eucalyptus. The app allows users to search for and download copyright-free books from Project Gutenberg. Apple’s beef? Eucalyptus allows users to download the Kama Sutra.

To be clear, the Kama Sutra does not come installed on the app, nor is it pre-coded into the application in anyway. To gain access to this “content some users may find objectionable,” a user actually has to search for and then download the book. Sort of like, you know, looking up porn on your iPhone. In Safari. That Apple app. To make matters even worse, Eucalyptus downloads a picture free version, so the only real crime is in the words you can potentially stumble upon suggesting methods for reaching sexual ecstasy.

Unfortunately, Eucalyptus isn’t the sort of app that can benefit from the easter egg exploit we mentioned earlier in the week. The app searches all of Project Gutenberg.

Source: CNet