MacRumors.com

Apple's iPhone "SDK" will remain web-based for the foreseeable future, according to an Arstechnica source. However, the source elaborated to say that Apple is actively working to expand the capabilities given in the web-based SDK.

Improvements are said to be forthcoming to Safari to allow off-line storage capabilities which would gain the ability to run 3rd party web-based code without accessing the internet. Other possible improvements include deeper access to iPhone functions via JavaScript and home screen icon placement.

"The entire purpose of all this work is to make the iPhone 'SDK' (WebKit) more usable," our source told us.

The targeted release date of such improvements is January 2008, most likely Macworld San Francisco.

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