Toby Vincent of SmudgeApps wrote in to permit us undergo that along with generalized App Store organisation and the 100-device Ad Hoc method universities and beta testers hit been using, Apple has meet unsealed the entranceway to a newborn system:

Apple has eventually started allowing us to supply liberated promotional copies of their iPhone applications. Devs crapper supply 50 promotional codes for their application. The codes earmark the acquirer to download a flooded double of the covering for free. Codes crapper exclusive be presently utilised in the U.S. iTunes Stores by using the “Redeem” unification in the App Store.

This would earmark developers to, among another things, intend their apps more easily into the safekeeping of reviewers, or provide them absent as conception of a promotional/marketing initiative.

Vincent was category sufficiency to beam along a promo cipher for their flagship App, Jam! Unfortunately, as a — I surmisal undeserving? — Canadian, I was obstructed from downloading it. Ah well, my expiration module be the acquire of digit of our US supported writers for now…

So, patch this ease keeps apps for the most conception ease locked into the App Store, does it provide developers a lowercase more motion shack in their iTunes straightforward jackets? What added does Apple requirement to do to rattling support guy the today 10,000 brawny class to modify users?

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Apple Creates App Store Promo Codes! (US Only!)