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$100 is a great bozo filter, and Apple does the right thing by letting you fiddle with the SDK to your heart's content before paying anything.

generalk 16y ago
$100 is clearly not a great bozo filter, as evidenced by the ream of poor/useless apps in the store. Also, Apple is not doing the right thing. I bought a phone from them, I have it connected to my computer, and I have the development kit, but running my software on my phone requires me to pay them money.
- danilocampos 16y ago
  Well, I look at it like this: If you've got the kind of bullshit we see right now at $100, can you imagine if it were free? You don't have to – look at Android Marketplace: http://jonathanbuys.com/11-07-2010/Android-Marketplace.html http://jonathanbuys.com/11-07-2010/Android-Marketplace.html I'd, personally, prefer a $500 fee to get into the store, but whatever. On the other bit, I meant doing the right thing relative to Palm's nonsense about grabbing the SDK after jumping through so many hoops. On Apple itself, I've long believed that you should get provisioning for three devices per year for free with an iPhone developer account. Obviously they aren't making money from the fee, so I wonder if there are practical reasons why they don't do this. Perhaps doing all the certificate/code signing/provisioning nonsense on the server would be too costly to just give away.
  - jsight 16y ago
    Registering to place applications in the android market is not free.
- tomjen3 16y ago
  Funny, as a HTC user, I don't have that problem. But lets be serious for a moment here - you knew perfectly well that was the requirement when you brought the phone.
  - generalk 16y ago
    Actually, I didn't. I bought a first-gen iPhone before the App Store was a reality. Now I use a Nexus One and don't suffer from these shenanigans. No need for snark.
    - tomjen3 16y ago
      Ok, so you brought it when you couldn't add programs to it at all?
unwiredben 16y ago
You can download the HP webOS SDK without registering for a developer account. The downloads are linked directly off the tools page. The account is needed to post to the forums, sign up for "Early Access", or to upload apps to the catalog.

generalk 16y ago

$100 is clearly not a great bozo filter, as evidenced by the ream of poor/useless apps in the store. Also, Apple is not doing the right thing. I bought a phone from them, I have it connected to my computer, and I have the development kit, but running my software on my phone requires me to pay them money.

danilocampos 16y ago
Well, I look at it like this: If you've got the kind of bullshit we see right now at $100, can you imagine if it were free? You don't have to – look at Android Marketplace: http://jonathanbuys.com/11-07-2010/Android-Marketplace.html http://jonathanbuys.com/11-07-2010/Android-Marketplace.html I'd, personally, prefer a $500 fee to get into the store, but whatever. On the other bit, I meant doing the right thing relative to Palm's nonsense about grabbing the SDK after jumping through so many hoops. On Apple itself, I've long believed that you should get provisioning for three devices per year for free with an iPhone developer account. Obviously they aren't making money from the fee, so I wonder if there are practical reasons why they don't do this. Perhaps doing all the certificate/code signing/provisioning nonsense on the server would be too costly to just give away.
- jsight 16y ago
  Registering to place applications in the android market is not free.
tomjen3 16y ago
Funny, as a HTC user, I don't have that problem. But lets be serious for a moment here - you knew perfectly well that was the requirement when you brought the phone.
- generalk 16y ago
  Actually, I didn't. I bought a first-gen iPhone before the App Store was a reality. Now I use a Nexus One and don't suffer from these shenanigans. No need for snark.
  - tomjen3 16y ago
    Ok, so you brought it when you couldn't add programs to it at all?

unwiredben 16y ago

You can download the HP webOS SDK without registering for a developer account. The downloads are linked directly off the tools page. The account is needed to post to the forums, sign up for "Early Access", or to upload apps to the catalog.