Last week when Apple announced its iPhone SDK, I immediately downloaded it and began playing around with it, even though I don’t know how to develop a single line of code in XCode. It was still worth the time because it is actually very cool, especially with the iPhone emulator. At the same time last week Apple announced their iPhone Developer Program. Again, I immediately applied–which was a simple process of filling out a form and waiting for a response. Today I was excited to receive and saddened to read this:

Dear Registered iPhone Developer,

Thank you for expressing interest in the iPhone Developer Program. We have received your enrollment request. As this time, the iPhone Developer Program is available to a limited number of developers and we plan to expand during the beta period. We will contact you again regarding your enrollment status at the appropriate time.

Thank you for applying.

Best regards,

iPhone Developer Program

Looks like the response was so overwhelming, even during the first few hours, that a lot of people will have to wait, including me!