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No. "Sideloading of Third-party Apps" Whatever your opinion of it, Apple has shown time and time again that this will not officially happen. I would be extremel

by sdkmvx 16y ago

No. "Sideloading of Third-party Apps" Whatever your opinion of it, Apple has shown time and time again that this will not officially happen. I would be extremely surprised if it were to happen. I am sure some of Apple's devices are sold at a loss to be later made into revenue by app and music sales. Third party applications would defeat this strategy.

spullara 16y ago
Apple does not sell their devices at a loss and make them up with the app / music store. You can see that this is false from their financials.
pinaceae 16y ago
but this is possible already. from the business section of apple's homepage: "Wireless App Distribution iPad enables enterprises to securely host and wirelessly distribute in-house apps to employees over Wi-Fi and 3G. Apps can be updated without requiring users to connect to their computers. In-house apps can be hosted on any web server accessible to users. Users simply tap on a URL to install apps wirelessly without needing to connect to their computers." The company I work for distributes its iPad app through this to all our customers. No app store required. And yes, this is a full blown, native iOS app.
- vetinari 16y ago
  Yes, but Apple sets terms and conditions, when and how can you do it (it involves being company of over 500 employees and assk-kissing when handling the certificates). Basically, you can't do any skunk works in your company, because when you start talking to all people necessary to handle Apple terms, some manager will come and tell you to not do anything, because the standard corporate phone is XYZ and that's it.
  - semanticist 16y ago
    You can auth up to 100 devices for testing, and use TestFlight (http://testflightapp.com/ http://testflightapp.com/) or similar to distribute them over the air. Yes, adhoc distribution doesn't scale out, but if you've got 100 eager users you can probably get them to convince management to sign the forms.

by sdkmvx 16y ago

spullara 16y ago

Apple does not sell their devices at a loss and make them up with the app / music store. You can see that this is false from their financials.

pinaceae 16y ago

but this is possible already. from the business section of apple's homepage: "Wireless App Distribution iPad enables enterprises to securely host and wirelessly distribute in-house apps to employees over Wi-Fi and 3G. Apps can be updated without requiring users to connect to their computers. In-house apps can be hosted on any web server accessible to users. Users simply tap on a URL to install apps wirelessly without needing to connect to their computers." The company I work for distributes its iPad app through this to all our customers. No app store required. And yes, this is a full blown, native iOS app.

vetinari 16y ago
Yes, but Apple sets terms and conditions, when and how can you do it (it involves being company of over 500 employees and assk-kissing when handling the certificates). Basically, you can't do any skunk works in your company, because when you start talking to all people necessary to handle Apple terms, some manager will come and tell you to not do anything, because the standard corporate phone is XYZ and that's it.
- semanticist 16y ago
  You can auth up to 100 devices for testing, and use TestFlight (http://testflightapp.com/ http://testflightapp.com/) or similar to distribute them over the air. Yes, adhoc distribution doesn't scale out, but if you've got 100 eager users you can probably get them to convince management to sign the forms.