Are the currency conversion rates auto-updated?
A. Sadly no, the shipping version of Apples to Oranges can’t auto-update currencies over the network. An earlier version had this feature enabled, so that the user could click a button and have the application retrieve the latest currency data over the internet. However, Danger raised some concerns regarding network-aware applications (concerns of their own and of their carrier partners). Once Danger is set up to handle these, and the carrier partners are ready to sign on, we’ll hopefully be able to issue an updated version of Apples to Oranges with network-updated currencies. Note that Danger has been extremely helpful in this process, and we’re positive that they’re working to enable network-aware applications. In the meantime, if you’d like to register your interest in network-updated currencies, drop us a line with the Feedback Form. We’ll summarize (and anonymize) the network-related feedback and present it to Danger, to show them that there’s interest (and money!) in releasing ne
