Up and coming developer applicants that are applying to Apple’s iPhone developer program are being rejected.
 
With the recent release of the Apple SDK and over 100,000 downloads later, it seems that iPhone developers are being declined left and right. 

Ars technica and TUAW are reporting a load of people that, when applying, are being rejected by Apple.  

Here is an excerpt from the letter that is being sent to the applicants. . .

“Thank you for expressing interest in the iPhone Developer Program. We have received your enrollment request. As this time, the iPhone Developer Program is available to a limited number of developers and we plan to expand during the beta period. We will contact you again regarding your enrollment status at the appropriate time.”

You can see on Apple’s site that they now have added a small note under the “Apply Now” button.

The iPhone Developer Program will initially be available to a limited number of developers in the U.S. and will expand to other countries in the coming months.

You know, there is always one thing that Apple likes and that is control. No matter how you put it. No matter how you look at it. We are all puppets for Apple. I wonder where that new fund is going or how is it going to be implied???

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If you are one of the one’s that have such high hopes on the up and coming SDK, might want to re-think it a little.  We might all be in for a big disappointment!  

While these are just rumors, the folks over at iLounge  have a lot of confidence in their sources. iLounge stated today that the up and coming SDK event on March 6th, will leave many people disappointed.
According to iLounge, All apps will need to be 1st approved by Apple and then and only then can the apps be sold. Here is another snag in the system. Once approved, it is said that iTunes will be the only place to get said apps.
What a shocker! This is really something that boils my noodle.
Oh yeah, one more thing. It also seems that Apple intends to cut of development of dock connected accessories. This heats me up more than anything. As you all may know, I am a firm supporter of the Touchmods team and their wonderfully crafted mic. That is really bad if this does come true because I would really like to see that company move forward with their developments.

UPDATE:
Now it seems that new rumors are flying that oppose the above comments.
Electronica states

sources which have since been confirmed as accurate — the new contact claims that free applications are not subject to the same rules that will guide paid software downloads. In this model, free software is unlikely to be subject to much if any scrutiny by Apple.

[Source] iLounge

Well, only 5days left. Let’s see where this leads.

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Apple announced that they will be having a “town hall” event on March 6th.  at headquarters in Cupertino at 10am that day.  

Does this mean that they will be giving us the roadmap to success?  It is still a bit too early to tell however we do know that they will discuss “some exciting new enterprise features” along with discussions concerning the developing future of the SDK. We are still unsure as to whether they will be releasing the SDK at that time however, they will be discussing it.

Let’s keep a lookout and see what we can come up with in a weeks time.

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