iPhone SDK in Beta Only? More 3G iPhone Predictions...

what's going on over there in cupertino?

What a tease. It just seems like Apple can't get anything fine anymore. There getting more and more like Microsoft.

all at once now BOOOOOOOO

Crap....that pretty much sucks....:(

Ugh. I was looking forward to hearing announcements of apps I could add starting next week. What does this mean, we won't have apps until June?? Do you really think there's that much of a delay???

People who think this should have just happened overnight have no idea just how much work goes into something like this. Making a third party software environment that is reliable, consistent, supportable, and secure takes a lot more work that the (admittedly impressive) work that the hacking/hobbyist community has done. If only I had a nickel for every time my Treo 700p crashed or was utterly hosed or unstable because of one garbage app or another. Certainly Apple could adopt the free-for-all model, but Apple prefers a, shall we say, more "refined" experience when it comes to consumer products, especially for its first foray into a major new marketplace. And that necessarily includes the iTunes selection and syncing paradigm.

The comments above (and the couple below this, and probably about 99% of the rest in this thread) typify the reaction by those who have literally no idea just how much work goes into developing such an initiative. I wouldn't go so far as to say "ignorant" or "completely unable to see the big picture beyond what new little icon they'll have on their phone", but close. Apple is taking baby steps here, and an SDK allowing third party development is a massive undertaking if you want to have an element of control over the process, and the beautiful integration people have come to expect, overall, from Apple products.

"What's going on in Cupertino?" Please. You have NO IDEA how many people are working on this, and how high a priority this is for Apple.

There must be something coming next week, or why the 1.1.4 update which doesn't seem to do much? Even if the SDK is beta, I bet they toss out some new app. or capability to lessen the sting.

This is great news. This gives other companies time to develop a better phone so we can all get off this Apple bandwagon!

People who think this should have just happened overnight have no idea just how much work goes into something like this. Making a third party software environment that is reliable, consistent, supportable, and secure takes a lot more work that the (admittedly impressive) work that the hacking/hobbyist community has done. If only I had a nickel for every time my Treo 700p crashed or was utterly hosed or unstable because of one garbage app or another. Certainly Apple could adopt the free-for-all model, but Apple prefers a, shall we say, more "refined" experience when it comes to consumer products, especially for its first foray into a major new marketplace. And that necessarily includes the iTunes selection and syncing paradigm.

The comments above (and the couple below this) typify the reaction by those who have literally no idea just how much work goes into developing such an initiative. I wouldn't go so far as to say "ignorant" or "completely unable to see the big picture beyond what new little icon they'll have on their phone", but close. Apple is taking baby steps here, and an SDK allowing third party development is a massive undertaking if you want to have an element of control over the process, and the beautiful integration people have come to expect, overall, from Apple products.

If it's that much of an issue, which I realize it is, SJobs should NOT have set expectations for February.

As long as a 3G phone comes out before 12/27/2008, I will be happy. That is the date my Verizon contract is fulfilled and I can switch to an iPhone.