Comments on: Did I Miss The Boat For Developer Keys? http://jens.mooseyard.com/2008/03/did-i-miss-the-boat-for-developer-keys/ Little boxes made of words, by Jens Alfke Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:05:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jay http://jens.mooseyard.com/2008/03/did-i-miss-the-boat-for-developer-keys/comment-page-1/#comment-2426 Jay Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:08:25 +0000 http://mooseyard.com/Jens/2008/03/did-i-miss-the-boat-for-developer-keys/#comment-2426 I think the real question is this-- is anyone aware of any developer who has gotten an SDK key? Hopefully, they're working out a way to cope with the demand and we'll all be getting keys or info about the next step soon... What I'm afraid is that only a limited number of developers (which the website basically says) will get to develop for the platform.... And the fact that I'm working on iPhone software full time between now and release of the 2.0 OS won't be a factor in whether I get a key or not. Maybe they'll offer a $500 "priority" developer program level so we can pay extra to be part of the initial wave of developers, but at least insure our ability to actually sell software come june. I think the real question is this— is anyone aware of any developer who has gotten an SDK key?

Hopefully, they’re working out a way to cope with the demand and we’ll all be getting keys or info about the next step soon…

What I’m afraid is that only a limited number of developers (which the website basically says) will get to develop for the platform….

And the fact that I’m working on iPhone software full time between now and release of the 2.0 OS won’t be a factor in whether I get a key or not.

Maybe they’ll offer a $500 “priority” developer program level so we can pay extra to be part of the initial wave of developers, but at least insure our ability to actually sell software come june.

]]> By: [Time code]; http://jens.mooseyard.com/2008/03/did-i-miss-the-boat-for-developer-keys/comment-page-1/#comment-2425 [Time code]; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:58:42 +0000 http://mooseyard.com/Jens/2008/03/did-i-miss-the-boat-for-developer-keys/#comment-2425 [...] So maybe it’d be OK to describe my mental state at reading through the dev docs? I’m positively giddy. Just watch the Apple event video, with an eye to the description of the software stack and its constituent pieces, and you’ll realize that this isn’t some compromised little toy. Programming in Cocoa for the iPhone feels like frickin’ programming in Cocoa. Media-wise, QTKit may not be practical for the iPhone, but Core Audio is present and accounted for, which offers all kinds of interesting possibilities (although Jens Alfke rightly notes in a comment to me that third-party apps cannot access the user’s iPod songs). [...] […] So maybe it’d be OK to describe my mental state at reading through the dev docs? I’m positively giddy. Just watch the Apple event video, with an eye to the description of the software stack and its constituent pieces, and you’ll realize that this isn’t some compromised little toy. Programming in Cocoa for the iPhone feels like frickin’ programming in Cocoa. Media-wise, QTKit may not be practical for the iPhone, but Core Audio is present and accounted for, which offers all kinds of interesting possibilities (although Jens Alfke rightly notes in a comment to me that third-party apps cannot access the user’s iPod songs). […]

]]> By: allen brunson http://jens.mooseyard.com/2008/03/did-i-miss-the-boat-for-developer-keys/comment-page-1/#comment-2424 allen brunson Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:50:45 +0000 http://mooseyard.com/Jens/2008/03/did-i-miss-the-boat-for-developer-keys/#comment-2424 i applied for the developer key on the day after the sdk was released. i haven't heard anything from apple, either. guess they don't want our hundred bucks very bad, huh. i applied for the developer key on the day after the sdk was released. i haven’t heard anything from apple, either.

guess they don’t want our hundred bucks very bad, huh.

]]> By: NICCAI http://jens.mooseyard.com/2008/03/did-i-miss-the-boat-for-developer-keys/comment-page-1/#comment-2423 NICCAI Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:53:58 +0000 http://mooseyard.com/Jens/2008/03/did-i-miss-the-boat-for-developer-keys/#comment-2423 Bad news for us that aren't in the US.... "Please note, the iPhone Developer Program will initially be available in the US and will expand to other countries in the coming months." That's what it told me when I just enrolled. Bad news for us that aren’t in the US….

“Please note, the iPhone Developer Program will initially be available in the US and will expand to other countries in the coming months.”

That’s what it told me when I just enrolled.

]]> By: NICCAI http://jens.mooseyard.com/2008/03/did-i-miss-the-boat-for-developer-keys/comment-page-1/#comment-2412 NICCAI Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:40:37 +0000 http://mooseyard.com/Jens/2008/03/did-i-miss-the-boat-for-developer-keys/#comment-2412 Ugg....I hope not. I've been sitting on the sidelines, as I'm waiting for my Intel based machine to arrive. Bad assumption on my part. Ugg….I hope not. I’ve been sitting on the sidelines, as I’m waiting for my Intel based machine to arrive. Bad assumption on my part.

]]> By: Chris Adamson http://jens.mooseyard.com/2008/03/did-i-miss-the-boat-for-developer-keys/comment-page-1/#comment-2422 Chris Adamson Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:16:26 +0000 http://mooseyard.com/Jens/2008/03/did-i-miss-the-boat-for-developer-keys/#comment-2422 @Jens: True enough about iTunes, but neither of the first two apps I plan to write require access to the iTunes library (though I would like to be able to throw a search over to the iTunes app). I'm evaluating how much editing functionality the mobile CA affords, and how much I feel like writing myself (I know it's not realistic to think we'd have something like QTKit on the iPhone, but coming from the lifeless wastelands of Java Media, what's here is still a huge improvement). @Jens: True enough about iTunes, but neither of the first two apps I plan to write require access to the iTunes library (though I would like to be able to throw a search over to the iTunes app). I’m evaluating how much editing functionality the mobile CA affords, and how much I feel like writing myself (I know it’s not realistic to think we’d have something like QTKit on the iPhone, but coming from the lifeless wastelands of Java Media, what’s here is still a huge improvement).

]]> By: Jens Alfke http://jens.mooseyard.com/2008/03/did-i-miss-the-boat-for-developer-keys/comment-page-1/#comment-2421 Jens Alfke Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:50:43 +0000 http://mooseyard.com/Jens/2008/03/did-i-miss-the-boat-for-developer-keys/#comment-2421 @Chris — I'm excited about Core Audio too; although it's a major bummer that the app sandboxing means no way to access the device's iTunes library. So basically, the only audio you can work with has to be either downloaded from the net or recorded off the mic. @Chris — I’m excited about Core Audio too; although it’s a major bummer that the app sandboxing means no way to access the device’s iTunes library. So basically, the only audio you can work with has to be either downloaded from the net or recorded off the mic.

]]> By: Chris Adamson http://jens.mooseyard.com/2008/03/did-i-miss-the-boat-for-developer-keys/comment-page-1/#comment-2420 Chris Adamson Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:11:32 +0000 http://mooseyard.com/Jens/2008/03/did-i-miss-the-boat-for-developer-keys/#comment-2420 Agreed. I thought it was strange to have completed the registration process and to get the confirmation "your application has been received"... I didn't realize it was an "application" that needed to be perused and processed. I just bought an iPhone this weekend for development on Saturday. The richness of the SDK is breathtaking. Having real Core Audio on the device is making me giddy. Agreed. I thought it was strange to have completed the registration process and to get the confirmation “your application has been received”… I didn’t realize it was an “application” that needed to be perused and processed.

I just bought an iPhone this weekend for development on Saturday. The richness of the SDK is breathtaking. Having real Core Audio on the device is making me giddy.

]]> By: jmissig (LJ) http://jens.mooseyard.com/2008/03/did-i-miss-the-boat-for-developer-keys/comment-page-1/#comment-2419 jmissig (LJ) Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:59:18 +0000 http://mooseyard.com/Jens/2008/03/did-i-miss-the-boat-for-developer-keys/#comment-2419 @Christope: Yes, but the 2.0 beta was "available today". Presumably to developers who were approved for their keys. I haven't gotten approval yet either. @Christope: Yes, but the 2.0 beta was “available today”. Presumably to developers who were approved for their keys. I haven’t gotten approval yet either.

]]> By: Eben Bruyns http://jens.mooseyard.com/2008/03/did-i-miss-the-boat-for-developer-keys/comment-page-1/#comment-2418 Eben Bruyns Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:30:53 +0000 http://mooseyard.com/Jens/2008/03/did-i-miss-the-boat-for-developer-keys/#comment-2418 I couldn't register until about friday night New Zealand time. Oh yeah that's another issue, I live in New Zealand and we don't even have the iPhone down under, I've applied for the program regardless - I do have a few ideas for very useful apps. I hope that Apple wont shaft me on getting on board with this due to the fact that they are not officially selling iPhones over here. I couldn’t register until about friday night New Zealand time. Oh yeah that’s another issue, I live in New Zealand and we don’t even have the iPhone down under, I’ve applied for the program regardless - I do have a few ideas for very useful apps. I hope that Apple wont shaft me on getting on board with this due to the fact that they are not officially selling iPhones over here.

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