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Nice, but what I really want to know is: when will Apple start accepting more applications (mine, specifically) for the actual developer program?

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• jfoutz 19y ago
  well... not to violate the nda, but the simulator is getting really nice. wink wink, nudge nudge.
  • allenbrunson 19y ago
    i think he's talking about the dev certificates. anybody can download the iphone sdk, but only a handful of people are getting the certs you need to install actual apps on actual iphones. and even if you're accepted, it sounds pretty brutal. if you offer up your phone for having your own apps installed on it, it becomes more or less unusable for anything but development testing.
    • cpr 19y ago
      Seems like $99 + $399 is a small price to pay for access to a whole new market--it's the wild west, or PC DOS time, all over again...
      • allenbrunson 19y ago
        the early DOS days were indeed a gold rush. and no doubt, some people are going to get rich on early iphone apps. alas, i think that's about the end of the similarities. the pc platform was wide-open, but apple seems intent on maintaining tight-fisted control of the iphone space.
        • superchink 19y ago
          While, yes, I agree that Apple is keeping a bit of a stranglehold over the iPhone application market, that doesn't mean that there isn't a ton of opportunity for developers to succeed, provided they can color within the lines.