I know this question has been asked before, I’m just trying to be absolutely certain I understand.
I have a manufacturing client who had an iPhone/iPad application developed about a year ago to allow their distributors to easily (on the job site) run some configurators to get specs and estimates on which parts they would need to order. The app store rejected the application as being a “marketing” application.
This is a real productivity tool for these distributors and adds value to the iPhone/iPad in their hands. I understand that the same tool can be created in a web app, but my client simply wanted to make the tool available while their distributors are on job sites without connectivity.
They have far too many distributors for “Ad-Hoc” deployment. What can they do? What are the options? (I don’t consider asking their distributors to jailbreak their phones or switch to Android to be legitimate options.)
If you became an iOS Enterprise Developer ($299 a year) you can distribute it to iDevices within your company without the Apps Store approval process.