I was pretty excited when I saw that you can debug your iPhone apps on your actual phone with Apple’s SDK. Not being one to bother with instructions, I downloaded the new version of Xcode and started hacking away on a sample iPhone app. When I went to try it out, I got this error: “Codesign error: no certificate for identifier “iPhone Developer” was found in your keychain”.

Reading through the instructions, I found that I needed to be a registered iPhone developer - and pay $99 for the privilege. Not a big deal, but after I signed up (I wasn’t asked to pay), I was told I would be contacted when I could complete the registration and (presumably) get my certificate.

I don’t really mind paying $99, but having to wait around for them to let me in is kind of a let-down. Bummer.