With the iPad tablet release date approaching, Apple is actively ramping up its iPhone OS for the tablet. The new iPhone OS 3.2 SDK fourth beta for iPad has been seeded to developers, as reported by MacRumors. Pushed through the iPhone Development Center, this new beta requires Mac OS X 10.6.2 or higher to run. However, this built is meant for solely for development purposes and is not to be used for submitting applications.We're yet to know what features the iPhone OS 3.2 SDK fourth beta has to offer. According to the MacRumors forum, the Camera tab the Photos App found in the third beta of SDK has been removed. Apple had released the third beta of iPhone OS 3.2 SDK for iPad on February 24, pulled it back and then later made it available after making some changes.
A copy of Apple's iPhone Developer License Agreement was posted by Electronic Frontier Foundation, a donor-funded non-profit organization. The agreement has several highlights that make Apple the indirect owner and decision maker of all apps that are developed by any iPhone developer. According to the agreement, the developers aren't allowed to make public statements, reverse engineer the SDK, or use it to create a hack for unlocking/jailbreaking Apple products.
More damage is caused when Apple clearly states that the company doesn't own more than $50 to the developer as damages in any case. Besides that, Apple also has the power to reject an app for no reason or even kill it if the company wants. What's more? If an app has been rejected by Apple then it can't be distributed through other App stores like Cydia or Rock Your Phone.
Apple's App Store has seen millions of application downloads but the rules getting are stricter and stringent. We think it's time for iPhone developers to seriously sit and analyze the aftermath of entering into an iPhone Developer Program.
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