Today I wanted to submit a new german app with an 'umlaut' in app name: "Börse". There are plenty of Apps in the AppStore with special characters "Diät, Führerschein" etc.
When I enter the app name a JavaScript onBlur event send the name to a server and then every special charcters are stripped out.
Can anyone confirm this problem? I tested it under OS X Snow Leopard, Windows 7, Chrome, Safari, Firefox. I also disabled JavaScript, but still no luck.
Screenshots:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2213241/Bildschirmfoto%202011-09-26%20um%2016.11.31.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2213241/Bildschirmfoto%202011-09-26%20um%2016.11.16.png
Anyone has a workround for this one? I also created a apple support ticket.
In the past, I've kept the product name alphanumeric but used the Bundle Display Name in the Info.plist file to use additional/different characters.
I ran into a similar problem a while back with the + character - I couldn't sign any apps with the character in the bundle name. So, I changed the name from Xxx+ to XxxPlus and set the Bundle Display Name to Xxx+. Looked like I wanted it to in the GUI and the signing worked fine.
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7556587/itunes-connect-app-name-with-special-characters-german-umlaute