Edward Kirk
July 11th, 2008, 08:29 PM
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Before today, Apple had only accepted 4000 developers into their official iPhone Developer Program, but now that the App Store has launched with little to no problems, it seems that they're now willing to open their gates and allow more developers to join. This means that many developers will finally be getting a chance to have their applications distributed to iPhones everywhere. It is speculated that developers will be accepted at a much faster pace than the previous 4000, and will hopefully widdle down the queue waiting to get in.<!--break-->
It has also been found that Apple is no longer using the beta prefix on the SDK. That means that, while it hasn't undergone any significant changes, it can be considered officially released. It's not known if the NDA is still in effect or not.
For those devs that are just being accepted, it could prove to be a good time to scope out the wins and losses of the apps available. It should be noted that the apps available in the App Store today may owe some of their popularity to the fact that this was the store's debut.
[via <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2008/07/11/iphone-developer-program-acceptance-faucet-turned-on/" target="_blank">TUAW</a>]</div>
Before today, Apple had only accepted 4000 developers into their official iPhone Developer Program, but now that the App Store has launched with little to no problems, it seems that they're now willing to open their gates and allow more developers to join. This means that many developers will finally be getting a chance to have their applications distributed to iPhones everywhere. It is speculated that developers will be accepted at a much faster pace than the previous 4000, and will hopefully widdle down the queue waiting to get in.<!--break-->
It has also been found that Apple is no longer using the beta prefix on the SDK. That means that, while it hasn't undergone any significant changes, it can be considered officially released. It's not known if the NDA is still in effect or not.
For those devs that are just being accepted, it could prove to be a good time to scope out the wins and losses of the apps available. It should be noted that the apps available in the App Store today may owe some of their popularity to the fact that this was the store's debut.
[via <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2008/07/11/iphone-developer-program-acceptance-faucet-turned-on/" target="_blank">TUAW</a>]</div>