While I don't consider myself to be an apple "fanboy", I am definitely and advocate of apple computers. However, this week two things have pissed me off regarding apple...

Whinge #1

Firstly, in the style of a tacky web business we are required to input credit card details to "trial" mobileme. The mentality here is that many consumers will forget to unsubsxribe, thereby gaining the company at least a month of revenue from those customers. I'm glad I have iCal and my iPhone to set reminders to unsubscribe from mobileme after my trial - I only really signed up to check out the interface of the webmail and calendar (which, typically, are beautiful)

Whinge #2

My second complaint is the iPhone developer program. I decided on a whim that I wanted to build something other than a website - I also know a bit of c and have messed with objective-c in the past. Coupled with the fact that I have now well and truly trawler the iPhone appstore and stillfeel there are some applications I would like to see. So I cruise on to apples site and download the "free" SDK for iPhone. Great.. 2 gig later I have a new version of Xcode and the SDK installed. BUT to my dismay I find that I can't get access to any of the guides, docs or tutorials to get started. It seems I have to commit to the 99$ fee first? (someone correct me if I'm wrong) What if I hate the API? I want to build my app first then paybat submission time.

I realize apple are trying to raise the bar for the quality of apps on the appstore.. But this just excludes potential developers from even dipping a toe in.

Both the above seem to be silly strategies for a company that is as loaded as apple.