While several iPhone apps sit in limbo waiting for the app they developed to actually be listed on the official App Store, there are plenty of junk apps sneaking through the filter. We’ve already seen perfectly fine and more than useful apps get sent back just for bad grammar in their description, so how is it possible that an app like Armin Heinrich’s “I Am Rich” or the clearly copyright infringing PhoneSaber manage to make it through?

“I Am Rich” cost users $999.99 for an icon that did nothing more than display an image with sound. The joke/appeal would be that only the richest could afford it. After several complaints, that application went down.

PhoneSaber, although an interesting app, received enough attention day one to get it removed. But it took until this week for Lucas Arts and THQ to step up. They plan on offering their own version of the app, but for now, PhoneSaber is no more.

When will Apple stop dropping the ball like they did with MobileMe and start sorting out the garbage?

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