Breaking News: No new app submissions unless they run on OS 3.0

I can care less to be honest about the whole dev. process of 3.0. (1) Because I'm not a dev. and (2) I just wanna hear an actual release date. I know its mid-June to end-June but what is the actual date. I've only heard rumors.

Thank the Lord for Installous, Cydia, & Appulous :D
Last.fm in Australia FTW!

Slightly bigger problem - installing the OS3 beta locks your iPhone into development mode. Apple aren't terribly forthcoming on the details of what this means - does it mean I can't revert to OS2.2, or does it mean it'll only work if I'm running an app off Xcode? - but they do warn in big bold all caps: ONLY FOR USE ON DEVICES DEDICATED TO DEVELOPMENT.

Thanks, Apple, but I only develop free apps, so I've only got the one iPhone. It's also my actual, normal phone, and I don't feel like bricking it for the sake of testing my apps on the new OS.

Sadly, installing the 3.0 OS on my phone appears to have bricked it. Now All I get is a bright pink screen asking me to connect to iTunes. Back to the apple store this afternoon I guess.

My biggest concern with 3.0 is this part of the installation advisory:

http://adcdownload.apple.com/iphone/iphone_sdk_3.0_beta_5/iphone_os_3.0_beta_5_preinstallation_advisory_v1.pdf
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• Activate Cellular Service with Carrier. Development on iPhone requires
activation with your carrier network. Please activate your device prior to
installing iPhone OS 3.0 beta software. If your device has not been activated, you may not be able to do so after you have installed iPhone OS 3.0 beta software. If you do not have a carrier network in your region or do not require access to iPhone features (camera, GPS, phone), iPod touch can be used for development and testing.

• Check Your Data Plan. If your are using a SIM card from another cellular
account, we recommend you call your Carrier to verify the account has an
unlimited data plan to prevent unanticipated charges.
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So, you HAVE to activate your phone, and you HAVE to have an unlimited plan? I'm working on an app that requires the camera, and my programmer lives in an area with NO coverage. What exactly are we supposed to do?

how is this bad news? apps that HAVE to be compatible the new OS. is whoever wrote this new or something?

that's worst than it seems, just because you need to upgrade your iPhone to OS3, in order to test applications built in SDK3. After doing that you cannot revert your phone to 2.x and you cannot use SDK3 to build for 2.x. So, if SDK 2 do not works with iPhone OS3, you are dead. You will have to buy another iPhone with 2.x or stop developing until 3 is out officially. This is simply INSANE!

tuaw's reaction is understandable...
they are not developers or designers.....they are a news company much like USA Today besides it's probably Weblog Inc.'s strategy

TUAW said "So grab your Twitter clients and flame-throwers, it's gripin' time!"

Hey, TUAW. I bet you didn't think that the "gripin'" and flame throwers would all be pointed at you in the form of reader comments blasting you for this lazy and mis-guided article did you?.

Perhaps you want to 'update' that line in your article too? Or do you really think this is somehow bad news for iPhone users or developers. If so, perhaps you would provide some justification as to why.

What website is this again? "Developer News for the Mac" ... err not! TUAW should be championing user's interests, not whining about a perfectly reasonable requirement on developers ...