Greg Charles wrote:I've always thought the App Store was the only way to get apps for an iOS device, unless it is jailbroken. However, my wife's company is working on an iPhone app, and they sent her an e-mail with it attached. She opened the mail on my iPad and she was able to install the app directly from there. Can anyone do this, or did these guys run some shenanigans on my iPad?
It is possible. There are a couple ways. One is that your device id is added to the company's device list on Apple's site for their developer account.
There is also a developer enterprise account for businesses to load their app onto any iOS device directly. For those in business apps that they wouldn't sell on the app store because it is business proprietary, like an order entry system.
I think sometimes they call it ad-hoc installation.
But yes, it is possible.
Mark