arstechnica.com - 12/3/2008
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Apple has added a mechanism for developers to issue free promotional copies of applications, saving developers from having to resort to the awkward Ad Hoc system in order to hand out review copies. Read More...
macrumors.com - 12/2/2008
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macrumors.com —
Apple has finally started allowing developers to issue
free promotional copies of their iPhone applications. Once an...
application has been accepted to the App Store by Apple, developers can issue up to 50 promotional codes. The codes allow the reci...
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apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com - 12/10/2008
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apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com —
Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu has been checking
with his contacts in Apple’s ( AAPL ) supply...
and distribution channels and reports that demand for the iPhone is “fairly healthy” in the U.S., Europe and, with the exception of Japan, ...
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Analyst: Apple could sell a million iPhone gift cards
download.com - 12/3/2008
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download.com —
(Credit: CNET) On Tuesday, the first promotional codes
that will make iPhone apps free to some users...
began trickling out of the App Store. Apple is finally bequeathing apps developers with a way to let some media testers review an app at no ...
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iPhone app promo codes trickle out
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iPhone Developers Now Allowed to Issue Promo Copies of Apps
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News —
... ArsTechnica had managed to speak with a few developers that were enthusiastic about the recent change. Developer Raven Zachary, noted “I think this is great—it will reduce dependency on using ad hoc distribution for friends and family as well as reviews by the press and bloggers,” adding, “This is one of the things that developers have been asking for since the launch of the App Store.” Ben Gottlieb of Stand Alone, Inc. showed similar vehemence stating, “With the addition of promo codes to our tool box, developers are now able to finally ...
ExtraBITS for 08-Dec-08
TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us —
... iPhone Developers Can Now Give Out Review Copies -- Ars Technica is reporting that Apple has finally eliminated one of the top developer complaints about the iPhone App Store by making it possible for iPhone developers to give reviewers (or friends and family) a free copy of an app. (Link posted 2008-12-04.) ...
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Apple gives developers the ability to use promo codes
tuaw.com 12/4/2008 — Apple has now given developers the ability to use promo codes to give away copies of their applications on the App Store . Previously, developers had to build a special version of their application (i.e. Ad-hoc copy) that included a mobile ...
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lifehacker.com 12/2/2008 — Apple releases a list of the most popular free and paid iPhone and iPod touch apps in the iTunes Store with Pandora, Shazam, and Remote leading the charge in the free section. Compare to our list of...
Apple devs get new iPhone, Snow Leopard pre-releases
appleinsider.com 10/25/2008 — Apple developers this weekend are enthusiastically reporting that they've been provided with new test releases of the both the next iPhone software update and Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.
Apple gets hit with another lawsuit
iphonebuzz.com 11/24/2008 — Apple is facing yet another lawsuit because of the new iPhone 3G. Its been a lot time since reports of the new iPhone 3G having construction issues causing the back casing to crack. This problem was more easily detected in the white version than the ...
Why Apple Won't Sell a $99 iPhone, A Netbook or a Tablet PC
blog.wired.com 12/10/2008 —
Apple rumors are always hot stuff, but often the readers of these made-up facts get carried away and take them as true. And the origin of this speculation is often an analyst, a grown man or woman who should really know better.
The latest of ...
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