[mskrebs]

Is it absolutely necessary to go through the Apple Developer submission process to test an application I've developed on my ipod touch? Naively I assumed that I would just be able to use xcode to transfer it from the Mac...at least just to test on my own handset.

[Rene Ritchie]

The free dev SDK only allows testing on the simulator. If you want to test on a real device, you need to pony up $99 for the paid membership.

Given how much other platforms charge (some well, well, *well* into the thousands), $99 isn't a huge barrier of entry

[mskrebs]

Thanks. I did do this. Paying $99 is no problem but Apple says they have to process my application to be a developer. (I thought I did before we developed the app, but I apparently I didn't finish the application process.)

In any case, I did finish that process on Friday and now I'm waiting for an answer from Apple. Do you know how long it takes?