Computer Science Canada Any iPhone Programmers? |
| Author: | BigBear [ Mon Mar 23, 2009 2:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Any iPhone Programmers? |
It seems every fifth person has a iPhone or a iPod touch and I look into making an app or seeing the environement and syntax but you have to be running a Mac machine. Since I do not own a Mac that puts me out. But I was wondering if anyone has tried it. What is it like? Is it a full environment or is it just limited? I am pretty sure it is restricted to what you can access on the hand-held, I wouldn't think they would let you configure certain settings. |
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| Author: | saltpro15 [ Mon Mar 23, 2009 2:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Any iPhone Programmers? |
you can download the SDK from the apple site, maybe look into that |
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| Author: | BigBear [ Mon Mar 23, 2009 2:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Any iPhone Programmers? |
http://developer.apple.com/iphone/program/develop.html But I can't actually download it with Windows Also should mention if you develop an App and sell it you get 70% of the profit. But I think you have to pay for them hosting it aswell. |
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| Author: | Joel92 [ Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Any iPhone Programmers? |
You basically need a Mac(Obvious) or Hackintosh. Then you must cough up $99 for a developers license! The code is written in Objective-C which is a bit of a pain as well. |
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| Author: | BigBear [ Mon Mar 23, 2009 4:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Any iPhone Programmers? |
So if it costs $99 why do people make free apps or even those garbage apps that don't do anything. (screen cleaners etc) |
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| Author: | saltpro15 [ Mon Mar 23, 2009 4:16 pm ] |
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they're just getting their names out there probably, hoping Apple needs extra programmers or something lol |
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| Author: | Joel92 [ Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:24 pm ] |
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BigBear @ Mon Mar 23, 2009 4:12 pm wrote: So if it costs $99 why do people make free apps or even those garbage apps that don't do anything. (screen cleaners etc)
As saltpro15 said, possibly to get their name out or they don't believe in intellectual property. Another reason is, just for practice. |
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| Author: | wtd [ Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:26 pm ] |
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Joel92 @ Tue Mar 24, 2009 4:42 am wrote: The code is written in Objective-C which is a bit of a pain as well.
Objective-C is a wonderful language, and while I may not have any iPhone programming experience, I am happy to answer questions about Objective-C the language.  |
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| Author: | md [ Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Any iPhone Programmers? |
The biggest thing that's keeping me is having a mac. I'm hoping that prices come down over the summer and I somehow find some spare cash. If that happens then I'l definitely start developing for the iPhone. Especially sincer 3.0 + jailbreaking should make it stupidly awesome. |
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| Author: | BigBear [ Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:21 pm ] |
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Too bad you can't jailbreak the new ones. |
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| Author: | Joel92 [ Tue Mar 24, 2009 7:15 am ] |
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BigBear @ Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:21 pm wrote: Too bad you can't jailbreak the new ones.
They said the same thing for the iPod Touch 2G but it was cracked maybe 2 weeks ago. The jailbreak dev team is very good, they created redsn0w and yellowsn0w if you've heard of either. |
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| Author: | x30Jx [ Tue Mar 24, 2009 5:14 pm ] |
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actually, the 2G was cracked a while ago, but only operated 'jail broken' while tethered, aka plugged in via USB. The crack they released 2 weeks ago was the way to jailbreak while not being tethered. I am working my way to a hackintosh, (woot.) but need a more compatible mobo. When I get it, 'no power in the 'verse can stop me' from pwning my iPhone for myself, and maybe selling them/giving them away. |
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| Author: | md [ Thu Mar 26, 2009 3:37 pm ] |
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BigBear @ 2009-03-23, 10:21 pm wrote: Too bad you can't jailbreak the new ones.
The iPhone 3G has been jailbroken forever... and depending on the firmware you decide to run it can be unlocked too. As far as I know OS 3.0 hasn't been broken yet - but mostly because it has not been publically released. |
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| Author: | andrew. [ Thu Mar 26, 2009 5:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Any iPhone Programmers? |
I'm currently learning Objective-C for programming with Macs. I want to download the iPhone SDK soon though but it's a big filesize. |
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