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Apple Makes More Dev Kits for New Apple TV Available
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Or perhaps "underwhelming App creation" up to this point, jeopardizing a successfultv launch later this month.
Apple has no idea how many apps are or are not being created right now with the Dev Kits. Keep reaching, though.
True enough, but I would be surprised if Apple wouldn't somehow have a pulse on App development and or pending submissions, especially some of the simpler, less extensive or complicated Apps.
I'm willing to bet that the second batch of dev kits come in the official retail packaging, so there is no room for the extra cable. The original dev kits came in a special 'developer kit' box.
Legally, Apple cannot make your purchase of a developer Apple TV unit confidential. That is a trade issue which must be public for tax and commerce monitoring. What is inside the unit and detailed features can be confidential.
I doubt you can submit apps yet, since the SDK isn't final. Usually they open the submission process after an SDK (or OS) is GM.
Plus, you'd want to actually test on GM before shipping.
Apple TV can work with the U.K. 240 VAC, 50 Hz power? How much does that add to cost per unit?No, but i'm impatiently waiting for one
I actually agree with you. It's almost too bad though -- the idea of getting the "As (not yet) seen on TV" boxes appeals to me.
Guess I'll find out soon enough, as my ATV is shipping soon.
You can't submit the app binary to the app store yet (as Apple do not allow submissions using Beta versions of Xcode, and 7.1 is still in beta), but you can setup the tvOS app metadata in the Connect portal, which i would imagine any dev who is serious about releasing before end of this month will already be doing so as to secure things like app name, so Apple should have a (very rough) idea of how many people are serious about submitting on release.
How do you use it for development without the USB cable though? If it's not in the box you'd have to buy one.
iFitIt really doubled down and rolled snakes eyes with their Apple TV tear down. Would not be surprised if they go the "deep throat" route after this and get inside info from an Apple insider without a formal connection.
Ahh good point.. But you'd still miss out on Instruments and the like (and yeah, small bits of your sanity having to make Testflight builds instead of just clicking "Run"
For every Apple TV enabled for development, and usually for every new tvOS app in development (with a unique Bundle ID), Xcode talks to Apple's servers to create new provisioning profiles. Thus, Apple can count new development starts by the day/hour (and even guess what a lot of them might do by the default Bundle ID suffix).
Or perhaps "underwhelming App creation" up to this point, jeopardizing a successful
Apple hasn't begun accepting submissions for the tvOS App Store, so they have no idea how progress is going as far as app creation is concerned.
Everything I've ever had from Apple has been overly cautious on the delivery date until the item actually ships. I'd be surprised if that date didn't change once your Apple TV is in the hands of the courier.