The app would be a control panel and it would probably be the only app run on the iPad. Certainly it wouldn't be used for email. So unfortunately the syncing replacing everything would be an advantage to the end user company rather than a disadvantage!
I also want to make it easy for them to purchase multiple copies and setting up an iTunes account for each iPad would be tedious. So I don't blame them for using the same account. I just want to charge per machine. Else I assume a 5 pack which then makes the one off price higher than it need be... I don't think the enterprise scheme would work as I want to sell to multiple companies. Thanks to all for the feedback so far, Adam On 18 Apr 2010, at 09:36, Dave Camp wrote: > On Apr 18, 2010, at 8:45 AM, Ben Liong wrote: > > >> First, sending back the UDID is a violation of the new developer terms > >> from Apple. > >> > > I didn't realize that. Live and learn. > > Looks like I was wrong there, see the post from Dave Howell. it's hard to > keep up with the continual stream of license changes from Apple... :-( > > >> Second, thats not how apps are supposed to work on the App Store. When the > >> user buys an app, they expect it to work on all of their devices that are > >> synced with their iTunes account. For example, I have an iPod Touch, an > >> iPhone and and iPad. Not only would I be angry as a user because your app > >> only worked on the first device I synced with, but there would be no way > >> for me to even buy a second copy of the app for another device on my > >> account. I'd guess you'd start racking up nasty reviews and Apple would > >> pull your app for that. > >> > > True. I agree that it's not what the App store is designed to do. It felt > > like Adam is writing an app tailored for a particular business and App > > Store is the only way to distribute this app (if said business isn't > > willing to enroll in Apple's Enterprise program). There's currently no good > > way for an individual programmer to sell app tailored to a specific company. > > Yes, this is a large hole in the app store ecosystem and I find it comes up > frequently with some clients. There is no way for companies to make "bulk > purchases" of apps for employees (discounted or full price), and there isn't > an easy way to write an app for a client that will only be used on their own > devices without them joining the enterprise program (which has it's own set > of restrictions). > > Dave > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ MacSB email guidelines: http://tinyurl.com/2g55d6 Use MacSB-Talk for off topic messages: http://groups.google.com/group/macsb-talk Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/macsb/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/macsb/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
