[NTLK] iOS Einstein submitted to the Apple App Store - rejected

Thu Feb 24 00:07:05 EST 2011

Ok, thanks for the explanation!

Sent from my iPhone

-- Peter
pjfraser at mac.com

On Feb 23, 2011, at 8:50 PM, Steven Frank <stevenfrank880 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Peter,
> 
> The problem is the .mobileprovision file mentioned is specifically
> constructed to contain information about the devices on which the
> authorization is allowed to run.  If your device isn't in the
> provisioning file, the app can't be installed on your device, period.
> 
> As was already mentioned, each developer account ($99/year) can
> provision only up to 100 devices (it's intended for testing purposes
> only).
> 
> The only way Einstein can currently run on your iOS device is:
> 
> 1. it gets accepted into the App Store somehow
> 
> 2. your iOS device is jailbroken, in which case an un-signed build can
> be installed
> 
> 3. you purchase a developer account subscription and build from
> source, signing with your private certificate obtained from the
> developer program
> 
> Sad but true,
> 
> Steven
> 
> 
> On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 8:31 PM, Peter Fraser <pjfraser at mac.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I was able to find the old instructions for deploying an app, outside of the AppStore, to which I was referring a while ago:
>> 
>> "drag the .mobileprovision file and the app into the library folder of iTunes and sync your device.”
>> “unzip the archive. drag the app and the .mobileprovision file into the iTunes Application Library. The green copy button will appear. The next time you sync your phone, the app should be placed on the deck!”
>> 
>> Does any of this make sense?  Can we try it with Einstein?
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> -- Peter
>> pjfraser at mac.com
>> 
>> On Feb 23, 2011, at 8:26 PM, Steven Frank <stevenfrank880 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Matthias,
>>> 
>>> I totally feel your pain.  I think Einstein on Android is a good idea
>>> (the more platforms the better really!) and I've got my eye on that
>>> Flyer as well.
>>> 
>>> I'll volunteer to do what I can to keep the iOS version at least
>>> building, as time permits.  I feel bad that I haven't been able to
>>> contribute more.
>>> 
>>> I wish I understood the lower-level details of the emulator so I could
>>> contribute something more than window dressing to the project.
>>> 
>>> For example, replacing the MMU calls in the ROM with native code for
>>> speed -- totally understand the problem, totally understand the
>>> solution, but wouldn't know where to start or what to look for,
>>> because of my limited understanding of the ROM itself and the actual
>>> low-level emulator code.
>>> 
>>> Any documentation of this type that you, or Paul, or whoever could add
>>> to the project wiki would probably be immensely helpful to any future
>>> contributors as well.
>>> 
>>> Steven
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 11:15 PM, Matthias Melcher <mm at matthiasm.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> On 23.02.2011, at 04:53, L.W. Brown wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Worth a try, but I'd be willing to bet some of the tech in the Newt's OS and parts of its hardware /is/ still very much alive at Apple - just not obviously so to outsiders... Or, it's under license and not Apple's to release.
>>>> 
>>>> Like Inkwell. But that's not the point. Users still have to install a legal ROM, so NewtonOS copyrights would not be violated.
>>>> 
>>>> But in all seriousness: iOS is a closed platform. Anyone buying iOS devices should know, that they subscribe to a higher entity who decides for them what's good and what's bad. For 90% of users, this is helpful (my parents can't decide if a program is malware or not, so thanks to the App Store, they have someone who filters out the bad apples before they even see them).
>>>> 
>>>> The remaining 10% of users will either miss one particular piece of software (like the Newton emulator, or a specific publisher, etc.) or reject closed systems rightout.
>>>> 
>>>> Te Andoid market has been expanding like crazy. New Tablets and Phones in all shapes are flooding the market as we speak. The system is open, the developer licenses are open, even the source code f the OS is mostly open. But Android also has a lot of really bad software, spyware, worms, dialers, etc. that can be dangerous for the unsuspecting owner.
>>>> 
>>>> I believe in choice, and after owning four iOS devices, I moved on. As soon as my Android tablet arrives (HTC Flyer because it has a pen), I will get Einstein ported to it and no longer worry about $99 to keep iOSEinstein running on my iPad.
>>>> 
>>>> My main computer will remain a Mac Book (MS-Windows is so unbelievably worse) until the day they decide to filter software developed for OS X as well. They did their first steps with App Store for OS X. It's up to us users now to make or break the Apple Inc. business model.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>  - Matthias
>>>> 
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