Filed under: iPod Family, iPhone, App Store, SDKThis Washington Post article just hit Digg front page. TUAW wants to clarify a few points raised in that article: The so-called "Beta Program" refers to Ad Hoc distribution. This was announced at the last keynote and is not a secret. It's a method to distribute apps outside of App Store channels. The "Beta Program" will not be released in the "next few days". Ad Hoc distribution is already available and working. Developers can create ad-hoc provisions through the iPhone Developer Program site today. Developers and users need not use the App Store for testing. Ad Hoc distribution goes directly between the developer and the user. The user needs only supply their iPhone's unique device identifier. The developer then sends a specially compiled version of their app along with a mobile provision file. Users drop these into iTunes and they're good to sync. There are several ways to recover UDIDs. In iTunes, open the device Summary tab, tap Serial Number (it changes to "Identifier"), and press Command-C (Mac) or Control-C (Windows). You can then paste the UDID into an email. From the device, you can download Ad Hoc Helper, tap the icon and then address the pre-filled email to a developer. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments




Posted on Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:00:00 EST at http://feeds.tuaw.com/~r/weblogsinc/tuaw/~3/344130010/
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