Apple to Launch Official Development Kit for iPhone in January?
Businessweek reports that Apple may indeed be launching an official software development kit at this January's Macworld Expo.
According to "sources familiar with the company's plans":
This is the latest iteration of rumors that Apple will or will not be introducing an official software development kit for the iPhone. At present, Apple's official stance is that applications for the iPhone should be written using web-technologies (HTML/Javascript) to be accessible through the iPhone's Safari.
A number of conflicting reports have expressed beliefs that Apple would further expand these Web tools or invite specific developers to produce true applications on the iPhone.
According to "sources familiar with the company's plans":
Apple will release a software-development kit for the iPhone in early 2008, enabling programmers to create games, business-productivity tools, and countless other applications for the device.
This is the latest iteration of rumors that Apple will or will not be introducing an official software development kit for the iPhone. At present, Apple's official stance is that applications for the iPhone should be written using web-technologies (HTML/Javascript) to be accessible through the iPhone's Safari.
A number of conflicting reports have expressed beliefs that Apple would further expand these Web tools or invite specific developers to produce true applications on the iPhone.
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57 months ago
Damn that would rock. I might even learn to create some of my own custom apps. :)
57 months ago
Businessweek should be a more credible source. In that they would presumably only publish with more convincing information, than say, a blog.
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57 months ago
This just means I'll have wait until January before I decide whether or not the iPhone is right for me. If they add 3G and support for third party apps, it will be an easy decision.
57 months ago
I'm really holding out for Skype on the Touch if the iPhone SDK can deliver that to the iPod Touch. :cool:
57 months ago
Why is it always the iPhone that gets the special attention? What about the iPod Touch? It uses the same software!
57 months ago
This seems like a credible source. I think Apple has planned on 3rd party apps all along. They probably wanted to get the phone out there and have it used for some time and attempt their own software updates before allowing other applications to be downloaded on the phone. The whole web development could be just there to help get some developer attention to the iPhone and to make some of the internet experience even better. IDK, just an idea.
57 months ago
I'm really holding out for Skype on the Touch if the iPhone SDK can deliver that to the iPod Touch. :cool:
Where would you Talk/Listen?? ... theres no speakers or mic on the touch..
57 months ago
Why is it always the iPhone that gets the special attention? What about the iPod Touch? It uses the same software!
For starters the Touch has only been out for a few weeks and iPhone has been out almost 4 months. Second, more people own iPhones than own the Touch. Third, the iPhod Touch is not what developers would create for. Since they are pretty similar, most people would probably design for iPhone and it could be used with the touch.
57 months ago
Where would you Talk/Listen?? ... theres no speakers or mic on the touch..
Bitches don't know about my Dock Connector. :cool:
57 months ago
But I though apple was being an evul monopoly by not allowing third party apps?
Oh wait.
You mean the SDK is not ready as I and many others suggested?
That makes more sense then conspiracy theories that have been posted ad nasium here.
Oh wait.
You mean the SDK is not ready as I and many others suggested?
That makes more sense then conspiracy theories that have been posted ad nasium here.
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