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Apple announced that 100,000 developers have downloaded a copy of the beta iPhone software development kit, and hinted at future types of applications to come.
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- Until it's released these numbers don't mean much
- by Vegaman_Dan March 12, 2008 11:49 AM PDT
- The real number to look for is the number of Apple authorized developers who paid the $99 fee.
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- Free apps don't need the Fee.
- by bobcode March 12, 2008 3:36 PM PDT
- Developers who will offer the software free don't have to pay the $99 fee, right?
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- by Penguinisto March 12, 2008 4:25 PM PDT
- While technically you are correct, the $99 fee is only a measure of how many apps will be available.
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(7 Comments)The number of downloads of a software package doesn't really mean much if it gets downloaded and never used to produce an actual product.
Yes, more meaningful would be a list of apps. But they aren't there yet. Question is, how many apps for jail broken phone will migrate. I wanna' see a terminal.app with vim and ssh. I doubt Apple would allow wget, though.
I can say that with certainty because the SDK works both ways... knowing how to interact w/ the iPhone is a solid way of building Desktop-side apps for it as well.
IOW, you don't have to get a signed cert for a desktop app that accesses the iPhone... just the apps that actually run on one.
BTW - how much does it cost to get a Microsoft-signed cert for Windows Mobile, anyway? ;)
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