360Live App Releases on iTunes

Last week saw the somewhat stealthy (given the US Thanksgiving holiday) release of a new iPhone app designed to let users manage their Xbox Live friend requests and messages. Called 360Live and priced at $1.99 USD, it also supports the game history feature and virtually everything else the Xbox.com site allows.

However, there may be a bump in the road for developer Xavier Larrea, as Microsoft issued a directive in August of 2008 stating that all apps accessing Xbox Live information services must be free. While $1.99 errs in the direction of reasonable for App Store pricing, the charge would appear to be in conflict with Microsoft’s expressed desire for such applications to remain free (or, perhaps, to remain non-profit).

Neither Larrea nor Microsoft responded to requests for comment in time for publication.

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