iPhone and App Store Attracting Developers
"People who said they'd never start a mobile (applications) company because they didn't want to rely on the carriers are now starting companies focused only on the iPhone."
The existence of stable development tools, relatively favorable sales percentages, and streamlined application delivery are cited as the most attractive features of the iPhone platform. No other mobile platforms provide as integrated a solution as the App Store to distribute applications directly to the customer. Despite some vocal concerns about the 70%/30% developer/Apple split on App sales, other carriers are said to take up to 60% of revenue on other platforms. One analyst projects that the App store could create a $1 billion-plus iPhone ecosystem by the end of 2009.Of interest, Apple based the iPhone software development kit (SDK) around the existing Mac development tools. This common toolset has even led some to suggest that these new iPhone developers may also begin developing for the Mac.
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I had a couple of ideas that would have been very useful last week during the storms out in the American mid-west.
Can you imagine an application that lets a municipality broadcast a text message or alert of some kind that lets people within a certain distance that a bridge is out, a road has become flooded, etc? A live GPS map that turns off impassable roads, or highlights evacuation plans?
Do it!
Apple was damn smart on how they rolled this out. Although I am still annoyed it took them as long as it did to annouce the SDK. This is going to give the Mac platform a huge shot in the arm.
I know many other developers who have been using a Mac for a few years, but just started developing apps for it and the iPhone.
That was the idea!
LOL, you say that as if it was you who came up with the scheme :p
There is much that remains to be seen. The current number of developers allowed to develop and submit application is extremely limited at this time. There's no guarantee this will change. I don't think Apple is just going to open the flood gates and allow anyone to submit any application. Apple is going to enforce standards and possibly even limit applications based on unpublished limitations. I'm expecting there to be significant backlash when developers do submit applications only to find Apple rejecting many applications on failure to meet design, performance and security guidelines. Apple apparently doesn't want complaints about stability and performance issues that have plagued both Palm and WinMo. These limitations will leave the majority of these developers "flocking" do develop for the iPhone with only a recourse to target jail-broken phones, which greatly reduces potential profitability for them.
Really? I don't think Apple will be extremely strict for very that reason.
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