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You win, RIM (An open letter to RIM's developer relations)

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Re: You win, RIM (An open letter to RIM's developer relations)

#11
post #9

The complaints are: $200 price to develop with 10 app limit. Multiple registration forms. Requiring multiple downloads. Requiring to purchase vmware fusion. Installer that just copies an iso. Having to password protect the simulator. Bad documentation on how to load an app on the simulator. The comparative ease with which you can do these things with android and ios.

Now I feel like an idiot for spending an hour and half writing it, lol.

Re: You win, RIM (An open letter to RIM's developer relations)

#12
post #11
post #9

The complaints are: $200 price to develop with 10 app limit. Multiple registration forms. Requiring multiple downloads. Requiring to purchase vmware fusion. Installer that just copies an iso. Having to password protect the simulator. Bad documentation on how to load an app on the simulator. The comparative ease with which you can do these things with android and ios.

Now I feel like an idiot for spending an hour and half writing it, lol.

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Re: You win, RIM (An open letter to RIM's developer relations)

#17
post #9

The complaints are: $200 price to develop with 10 app limit. Multiple registration forms. Requiring multiple downloads. Requiring to purchase vmware fusion. Installer that just copies an iso. Having to password protect the simulator. Bad documentation on how to load an app on the simulator. The comparative ease with which you can do these things with android and ios.

Isn't the requirement to get VMware Fusion Mac-specific? Might as well complain about not being able to write iOS applications on Windows.

Re: You win, RIM (An open letter to RIM's developer relations)

#18
post #17
post #9

The complaints are: $200 price to develop with 10 app limit. Multiple registration forms. Requiring multiple downloads. Requiring to purchase vmware fusion. Installer that just copies an iso. Having to password protect the simulator. Bad documentation on how to load an app on the simulator. The comparative ease with which you can do these things with android and ios.

Isn't the requirement to get VMware Fusion Mac-specific? Might as well complain about not being able to write iOS applications on Windows.

Judging by the fact that the dev kit shipped with an ISO for running the simulator, I suspect you would need some kind of VM package in Windows as well. However Windows has the free VMWare Player.

Re: You win, RIM (An open letter to RIM's developer relations)

#19
post #14

The post is factually inaccurate. - $200 per registration fee is waived for now. In fact its been waived for over a year now. - 10 app limit is not enforced either.

The post mentions that the fee is currently waived. And it’s not like the author made up the 10-app limit, just because he wasn’t aware it’s currently not enforced.
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