iPhone OS 3.0 now being used for App Store admission reviews (updated)
By Nilay Patel 
posted May 7th 2009 5:08PM
posted May 7th 2009 5:08PM
Update: Looks like our guess was spot-on. The iPhone Blog's noticed a new set of parental controls in beta 5 (and possibly earlier) that suggests some sort of app rating system is in the works. Sure, it's a promising idea, but let's just hope the current broken process is also getting an overhaul -- simply slapping a 17+ rating on, say, Tweetie doesn't actually fix the problem.
Maybe not first, but at least 3.0 is going to be sick..
This is the future of all smartphones. When iPhone 3 running OS 3.0 software hits the streets most competitor handsets will be considered antiquated. Most companies handset sales have already taken a big hit. The new iPhone will likely put some handset companies out of business.
@iphonesrulez
Or not.
yeah what appe did to NIN really sucked!!!!
They didn't just do it to NIN, they did it to allot of us. Unfortunately we cannot all scream as loud as NIN.
HeaaaAD LiiiiIIIIIKE aaaAAA HOOOOLE...
Afrim: Allot is a word, but it doesn't mean what you think it means.
I hope they still do some testing on the current software.
Nice- now someone make a undess a Victoria's Secret model app immediately.
Appreciated.
Done...... Just waiting for approval.
It is a burden if you only have one development machine. Applications developed under SDK 3.0 can not be submitted to the App Store review process, even if they were developed under the SDK 3.0 but targeted at 2.x.
That means, if you only have one Mac to develop on, or one iPhone or iPod touch to test on, then you're effectively locked out from submitting new applications to the App Store until Apple release 3.0 to the public, or possibly only slightly before if we're that lucky. Effectively this brings a halt to app releases or updates to existing apps already in the store from small developers until much later this year...
You can't possibly predict that. Why waste your time posting it?
Seems a little childish to me.
Maybe it just means anything developed on the 3.0SDK will run just fine on 2.2?
Well if you have access to the development tools. You have access to OS 3.0 already.
So does this mean that there won't be any further updates to any applications and no new applications until June? Or will they just have to be 3.0 compatible and will be able to go live on 2.x before June??
They will need to be 3.0 compatible...
There will still be new apps...
No new apps (or updates) from developers who only have one development machine. You're not allowed to develop apps under the 3.0 SDK, even targeted at 2.x firmware, and submit them to the store. So either you need two Macs, one with the 2.x SDK, the other with the 3.0 SDK, or if you only have one machine you need to continue to develop with the 2.x SDK and hope that your app still works under 3.0.
@Alasdair Allan Doesn't this story say that they are only testing 3.0 apps? Why do you say that "You're not allowed to develop apps under the 3.0 SDK, even targeted at 2.x firmware, and submit them to the store."
How are you supposed to test (as a developer) an application under the 3.0 SDK if you don't install it. If the rejection criteria for apps now include compatibility with 3.0 then you have to test it yourself (turn around time for the Apple review process can be weeks). But how are you then supposed to develop under the 2.x SDK so that you can continue to submit apps (and updates) to the store if you've just installed 3.0 on your only development machine?
Any developer worth their salt would know they can install multiple iPhone SDKs on their Mac. The real problem is if you only have one iPhone/iPod Touch. Most developers would feel a bit queasy installing beta software on their only device, especially when Apple warns them to dedicate a device for development (some of us aren't that RICH!)
I forsee application limbo for some apps until iPhone OS 3.0 has gone gold. I would hope then that Apple releases the new firmware at WWDC instead of around the time a new iPhone is likely to be released (end of June/mid-July). In fact, because of this "forced" upgrade, I think that Apple should be wrapping up development of 3.0, and are probably forking the firmware to say a 3.0.1 or 3.1 for the new iPhone.
Alasdair:
You can use multiple SDKs and deploy to an older one if you wanted to. It worked with 2.0, 2.1, and 2.2 installed concurrently and you could deploy to any of them. Try exploring XCode a bit more (Use Project Settings).
As an developer, making the app 3.0 compatibility is really easy.
Just change few codes under the current SDK, and voila! Compatible app.
If a developer only has one device, does that mean Apple wants them to upgrade to test apps? I don't want mine to crash on me!
i was at an apple store at king of prussia today. waltzed right in playing with my g1 without realizing it. folks started starin at me like i was lost... store ppl kept asking if i needed help every 2 minutes. this big dude who worked there asked if i needed anything twice in a row... and that was my first apple store experience.... scared the shit outta me :\
Yeah, I just tell them I'm there to waste time. They go away right away.
If I have the patience, I ask for impossibly intense configurations and chuckle about the price.
@DirtyVegas
Sure you do.......
You're like the guy who claims that everyone looked at him like an alien when he ordered drip coffee at Starbucks. When in fact you see people ordering drip coffee at Starbucks all the time.
or the "Area Man constantly mentioning that he doesn't own a television"
Does this mean that all apps will now require 3.0 installed?
>> but we're wondering if the recent string of bad publicity over App Store approval guidelines has forced Apple's hand here
Probably not. Because the same apps will work on 2.x which doesn't have parental controls.
Please don't let this be the lame reason given as to why slingplayer still hasn't been released...
Sling player might be at&t's fault! So if the app is rejected, send your pitchfork people to at&t headquarters!
Getting pitchfork ready if mms is also hidden for AT&T users In the final release of 3.0. Just saw that little nugget somewhere as well.
Not interesting
Not a Pre killer..
lol,
I see what you did there :)
4+ is the lowest rating? I sure hope you weren't designing an app for 3 year olds.
And yet, there are already many apps available for young children. Wheels on the Bus is a nice one: http://duckduckmoosedesign.com/