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iPhone dev program opened worldwide? First report!
I don't know if this is going to pan out or not, but TUAW reader Skaro (exterminate!) reports that he's been accepted into the iPhone developer program. Not a big deal until you realize that he lives in the UK and paid up his £59 fees.
If true, this is huge. Many important 3rd party Apple developers are located throughout the world. Are you an out-of-States developer who's gotten your acceptance email? Please let us know.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Danny Stewart said 9:53PM on 5-02-2008
Dalek reference ftw.
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Ket said 2:17AM on 5-04-2008
OFFTOPIC:
Holy crap. I'm really getting tired of those full screen flash ads that popup after scrolling through and rating comments.
come on tuaw, be LESS obtrusive when serving ads to your readers.
Jacob Eiting said 10:04PM on 5-02-2008
While there's developers in America still out in the dark.
Thats cold apple....
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matthew said 10:07PM on 5-02-2008
Is the digg link a new addition for all TUAW posts or just this one? I don't recall seeing it on other posts on here.
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Michael Rose said 10:32PM on 5-02-2008
Hi Matthew:
We add the digg link when we feel a post is particularly newsworthy or of special interest.
Pat Fitzpatrick said 10:41PM on 5-02-2008
I posted a hint to TUAW this AM, surprised they didn't follow up on it, I got accepted into developer program Late last night, I'm in SoCal USA.
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Brian said 10:59PM on 5-02-2008
Hey Pat,
Did I understand you that you have a hint on how to get into the dev program?
If so please respond to this post.
Thanks!
Pat Fitzpatrick said 11:02PM on 5-02-2008
Sorry, I meant I posted a "tip" on TUAW website.
Michael Rose said 10:18AM on 5-03-2008
Hi Pat --
We appreciate the tip; domestic acceptances for the program have been going out for a while now
http://www.tuaw.com/2008/03/19/first-iphone-developer-acceptances-confirmed/
so it didn't seem necessary to post it again.
Christian A. Str?n said 10:52PM on 5-02-2008
I got my acceptance mail earlier today as well, and I'm in Norway.
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ziple said 5:23AM on 5-03-2008
Tør jeg spørre hva du planlegger å utvikle?
Håper det kommer en del programmer tilpasset norske forhold og etterhvert!
Pat Fitzpatrick said 11:03PM on 5-02-2008
I'm not out side of US but my point being.. The developer program has opened up albeit slowly. I don't think location matters that much to apple. I've tried several times to register for the program and eventually last week got an email saying I was in the queue.
BTW: I did post several help requests about issues with the SDK and I have been browsing the dev center docs a lot(I was doing development using the simulator up till now), so I wonder if Apple targeted developers based on post/dev center activity?
That would seem like a smart way to prioritize things.
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dagamer34 said 12:29AM on 5-03-2008
Does this come with access to the beta firmwares?
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Pat Fitzpatrick said 12:36AM on 5-03-2008
Yes, new SDK (4th beta), and Beta 2.0 firmware for iPhone and iTouch (organizer will not let you download apps on current released firmware, so new f/w is a must).
You are also able to get your Developer certificate for downloading apps to the Target.
Works great for me so far, I'm debugging from Xcode, my app is running on an iTouch.
Had some trouble using interface builder, it messed up my build but I was able to work around it, (not using Interface builder anymore, I'll get back to it later)
Polo said 2:12AM on 5-03-2008
Congratulations
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kyle said 2:21AM on 5-03-2008
You do realize that talking about being accepted into the program or giving any details on the program is in violation of the NDA you agreed to when being inducted and will result in being removed. Might want to think twice about that one.
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kie said 3:43AM on 5-03-2008
im in the UK and I got my acceotance today! w00t!
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Larry said 5:09AM on 5-03-2008
I think this is a great move by Apple.
They're definitely not known for their speed at getting things worldwide, so good on them.
From Larry @ sighsallround.blogspot.com
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Jesse Charles Endahl said 5:14AM on 5-03-2008
Pat Fitzpatrick: Just so you know, it is iPod touch, not iTouch.
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mentalsticks said 5:32AM on 5-03-2008
Who cares? I'm quite sure he knows.