Comments on: iPad day one? http://www.karlkraft.com/index.php/2010/02/02/ipad-day-one/ Just a 2 bit programmer in a 64 bit world Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:26:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Karl Kraft http://www.karlkraft.com/index.php/2010/02/02/ipad-day-one/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Karl Kraft Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:31:52 +0000 http://www.karlkraft.com/?p=134#comment-4 My assumption are based on realism. Personally I am very happy with the app store approval process. I think most people who have problems are being unrealistic. When the SDK was released in March 2008, I and tens of thousands of others signed up to get the firmware and keys that would be needed to be develop "on the device". The vast majority were left out in the cold. Yes there were apps on the first day, and I'm pretty confident there will be iPad versions of apps on the first day of the iPad AppStore. But that isn't the same as "all iphone developers will be able to develop for the ipad and ship software on day one". I think the most likely scenario is the same one as presented with the iPhone. A small minority will get keys between now and launch day, and the rest of us will get them later. My assumption are based on realism. Personally I am very happy with the app store approval process. I think most people who have problems are being unrealistic.

When the SDK was released in March 2008, I and tens of thousands of others signed up to get the firmware and keys that would be needed to be develop “on the device”. The vast majority were left out in the cold.

Yes there were apps on the first day, and I’m pretty confident there will be iPad versions of apps on the first day of the iPad AppStore. But that isn’t the same as “all iphone developers will be able to develop for the ipad and ship software on day one”.

I think the most likely scenario is the same one as presented with the iPhone. A small minority will get keys between now and launch day, and the rest of us will get them later.

]]> By: Nathan de Vries http://www.karlkraft.com/index.php/2010/02/02/ipad-day-one/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Nathan de Vries Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:52:28 +0000 http://www.karlkraft.com/?p=134#comment-3 Hi Karl, This post reeks of dissatisfaction with Apple's processes. That's fair enough in and of itself, but it's a little disingenuous to claim that Marco is missing the point, when really you're just arguing straight past him. The iPhone went on sale in June 2007, the SDK was released in March 2008, and App Store was launched in July. i.e. developers had been using the iPhone 9 months prior to writing software for it, and then had 4 months of development time prior to the public launch of the App Store. The core of Marco's concern is that developers will not have had the same amount of time with the iPad (SDK or not) as they had with the iPhone. Also, why would Apple announce an App Store for the iPad & launch beta SDKs including iPad support (and migration facilities to Xcode for existing iPhone applications) if you can't "go to the local Apple Retail store, buy an iPad and install software?" Marco's "assumptions" are based on evidence, your claim that they're false assumptions seems to be driven by fear, not facts. Cheers, Nathan Hi Karl,

This post reeks of dissatisfaction with Apple’s processes. That’s fair enough in and of itself, but it’s a little disingenuous to claim that Marco is missing the point, when really you’re just arguing straight past him.

The iPhone went on sale in June 2007, the SDK was released in March 2008, and App Store was launched in July. i.e. developers had been using the iPhone 9 months prior to writing software for it, and then had 4 months of development time prior to the public launch of the App Store. The core of Marco’s concern is that developers will not have had the same amount of time with the iPad (SDK or not) as they had with the iPhone.

Also, why would Apple announce an App Store for the iPad & launch beta SDKs including iPad support (and migration facilities to Xcode for existing iPhone applications) if you can’t “go to the local Apple Retail store, buy an iPad and install software?” Marco’s “assumptions” are based on evidence, your claim that they’re false assumptions seems to be driven by fear, not facts.

Cheers,

Nathan

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