Apple Rejects iPhone App Developers

Bad news for iPhone Developers, Apple has been sending numerous rejections letters to people who applied for iPhone Developer Program. The program has a price tag of $99, and would give developers a chance to get their application published. Apple Developer site did mention that the program would be open to developers residing in United States and only limited number of developers would be accepted. Sounds a little odd for a company like Apple to treat their developers this way!

Here’s the text extract from the letter which developers received from Apple:

Dear Registered iPhone Developer,

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.

Thank you for applying.

Best regards,

iPhone Developer Program

Developers will certainly be breaking their heads and wondering why they weren’t approved. Initially, some people felt that only individuals were being denied, but looks like even companies are being denied. Apple turned down developers who were not only willing to develop app for their phone, but also willing to pay $99 to be a part of the program.

Of course, Apple doesn’t want to compromise on quality. If quality was the case, then they could easily run a quality check before publishing the application. I don’t see a point in refusing developers, who have so much potential in them. What were the criteria to be approved? Only Apple knows. Developers will indeed be pissed at Apple for this.

[Via: CyberNet]