iOS 4 Gold Master Release Candidate almost ready for download
Finally! The Paid devs are almost ready to finally start shipping apps leveraging the new firmware's amazingly cool features. We can't wait until we start seeing VoiP and Game Center apps in action.
Today, you'll be able to head on over to Apple's developer site and start downloading your copy of the 4.0 SDK release candidate. Although the site still shows beta 4, the gold master release candidate, as Steve announced at the Keynote this morning, should be ready momentarily.
Of course, the iPad SDK is another matter. Any iPad SDK, when it appears (likely in the fall sometime), will remain under an ongoing NDA until that firmware and SDK is officially released. But the good news is that the new version of the iPhone firmware is just around the corner on June 21st.
UPDATE: The developer site is DOWN.
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got it. Not a developer. picked it off a torrent. downloaded beta 9.2 itunes. loaded the 3gs version no problem.
Thanks Brian for putting it out there...
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So you were not a dev? and were able to DL and install it?!
June 08 2010 at 11:19 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThe dev centre is back online, however it requires a paid account in order to access the gold master seed.
June 07 2010 at 8:44 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replylooks like its back up now!
June 07 2010 at 8:40 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyiPhone Dev site is now down.....
We're updating the Apple Developer website based on today's exciting announcements.
We'll be bringing the site back up soon.
where the heck is the dl?
June 07 2010 at 7:39 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyYeah, I remember it just being GM, but here's a picture of Steve Jobs saying it's the "Gold Master Candidate": http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/06/apple-wwdc-2010-291-rm-eng.jpg
Hopefully there won't be any bugs in this release.
If u want early access u must either buy a premium dev account, get some dev to add u to their account or buy a spot from a dev
June 07 2010 at 7:15 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplySo...
Is this another sort of beta (GM candidate), or is it the final version (GM) of 4.0?
In previous releases, I don't recall it being called a "candidate." GM seeds (as far as I can remember) been the final version. Does anyone else remember Apple referring to a GM as a "candidate?"
June 07 2010 at 7:09 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyYou guys have it wrong.
The FREE developer account only gives you access to the 3.2 SDK. You won't get access to the 4.0 SDK and ISPWs until after June 21st, when the OS goes public.
The free SDK is there so people can learn and get their hands dirty and learn without spending their money.
The paid developer license gives you access to the beta SDK and firmware files, as well as on-device testing, and App Store distribution.
The reason the paid developers get the betas early is because we/they most likely have apps in the App Store that need to be updated and tested thoroughly in OS 4.
This prevents a situation where end users upgrade to OS 4 and then find that none of their apps work.
Very well stated, Alexander.
June 07 2010 at 7:00 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replythe site is in the "We'll be back soon mode"
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