Barry Goldberg

Got meself an iPhone

April 18th, 2008

So I got a hankering to make me some iPhone apps…Ok, I will stop talking like that.  But it really was like that - last weekend I decided I wanted to make some simple iPhone apps, so I downloaded the SDK, signed up for the developer program and then earlier this week I bought mYself an iPhone. 

According to Mossberg that was probably a mistake and probably a bigger one than I realized.  He thinks the 3G version is coming out in June.  My bad was that I didnt realize it but in order to actually install the programs you write with the sdk on to your device it needs to be "provisioned".  Maybe this is an Apple thing, but this is my first venture into Apple coding so I was surprised by this.  Anyway, I cant get provisioned until I am accepted into the developer program and pay my $99.  And at the moment they are not accepting applications:

Thank you for applying to the iPhone Developer Program. We have many more requests than we can serve during this initial beta period, so we must limit the Program at this time. We plan to expand it during the beta period, and we will contact you regarding your enrollment status at the appropriate time. We appreciate your patience.

I hope to keep writing about my experience, but for now.  See ya.