According to Bloomberg a select group of developers has the possibility to use the iPad. They can test and build their applications, so these can be released at the same time the iPad launches. Most developers can only use the simulator in the SDK to test their apps. The ‘downside’ of being able to use the iPads before anybody else can is that those developers have to sign a 10-page agreement. They also have to take all kinds of measures. For example, the iPad can only be used in an isolated room with darkened windows.
To prevent anybody can steel the iPad, it has to be attached to a physical object. The developers have to take pictures of the situation to show they meet the demands. Only when everything is approved they get an iPad.
My question is: is this type of secrecy necessary? We all know about the upcoming iPad and we also know all the details. Unless there’s really something we haven’t heard of before. Camera?
