If you received the rejection letter below, don’t take it personally. You’ll be happy (or sad – depending on how you look at it) that a lot of other folks are in the same boat. Apple did say in the press release accompanying the SDK announcement that “a limited number of developers will be accepted into Apple’s new iPhone Developer Program,” priced at $99.
Dear Registered iPhone Developer,
Thank you for expressing interest in the iPhone Developer Program. We have received your enrollment request. At this time, the iPhone Developer Program is available to a limited number of developers and we plan to expand the program during the course of the beta period. We will contact you again regarding your enrollment status at the appropriate time. Thank you for applying.
Best regards, iPhone Developer Program.
Apple recently announced that the SDK was downloaded more than 100,000 times. That’s a healthy number by any means.
[Via Apple rejected massive numbers of iPhone SDK applicants - iPhone Buzz]
The headline is deceptive. Anyone can download the Apple SDK, as long as they accept the license agreement.
No one’s been rejected by the Developer Program, either, although a lot of people are being waitlisted. That’s completely reasonable, given the resources Apple has to devote to the Beta test program.
Also, the so-called “iPhone Dev Team” did get hold of the 2.0 Beta software and violated their license agreement by hacking it. Due to their unethical behavior, Apple is no doubt forced to be more cautious in who else they accept.
I got denied too. That sucks!