iPhone SDK coming in Feb
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Apple announced that there will be an SDK for the iPhone.  Hooray!
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Apple's much-anticipated iPhone will hit US stores on 29 June, at a cost of $499 for the entry product.
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You'll want to read this Q&A before standing in line to buy Apple's shiny new iPhone.
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Company's photo-managing software, out of beta and available for preorder, is scheduled to ship sometime in February.
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Apple on Wednesday confirmed rumors that it will release a mobile software development kit (SDK) for developers in February so that third parties can create applications for the iPhone and the iPod touch.&quot;We want native third party applications on the iPhone, and we plan to have an SDK in developers&#39; hands in February,&quot; according to a post attributed to Apple CEO Steve Jobs on the company&#39;s Web site.The news should placate irked mobile developers who have already been busy building applications for the iPhone without Apple&#39;s approval. Tech-savvy users have been able to customize their phones with new software, at least until Apple put the kibosh on this activity with an iPhone update in September that erased all unauthorized applications from the device. The company did, however, post a list of approved Web-based applications for the iPhone on its Web site last week to discourage users from hacking into the device to add new applications.It will take Apple until February to come out with an SDK because the company is trying to&#160;create an open platform&#160;so developers can write applications accessing the most advanced iPhone features, as well as a secure environment that isn&#39;t prone to viruses, worms, or other&#160;security threats, Jobs wrote.&quot;This is no easy task,&quot; he wrote. &quot;Some claim that viruses and malware are not a problem on mobile phones -- this is simply not true. There have been serious viruses on other mobile phones already, including some that silently spread from phone to phone over the cell network. As our phones become more powerful, these malicious programs will become more dangerous.&quot;Jobs noted that other handset providers, such as Nokia, are not allowing applications to be loaded onto some of their new phones unless they have a digital signature that can be traced to a legitimate developer.&quot;While this makes such a phone less than &quot;totally open,&quot; we believe it is a step in the right direction,&quot; he wrote.
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With the impending release of a software development kit for the iPhone, game developers are considering the phone's possibilities as a gaming platform.
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Users eager to get their hands on an iPhone may have June 29 circled on their calendars to mark the mobile device&#8217;s announced ship date.
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Blog: Exploring future product opportunities using the iPhone's components
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Apple sent out invitations to a special event it is holding on September 5, which indicate the company is preparing to launch new iPods in time for the holiday season. It is largely expected the iPods will incorporate a touch-sensitive screen and "Cover Flow" user interface found on the iPhone.
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Musings about what might Apple announce at Macworld in January.
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No s**t, Sherlock... With the offical US launch of Apple's iPhone now just days away, the rumour mill has begun grinding out news that variants on the device are also on the horizon.â¦
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New details have emerged at the iPhone Web site that should please those who are hungry for details about the device.
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AT&T won't officially say whether improvements to its EDGE network are being done to meet anticipated network demands of the Apple iPhone, which debuts on June 29.
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Gadget site 'guarantees' it, apparently Apple will announce the iPhone on Monday, website Gizmodo has claimed. It cites no sources and provides no details, but a senior staffer guarantees the announcement - which he says was unexpected - will happen, for what that's worth...â¦
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Apple has set the stage for a product release Tuesday. Readers tell us what they'd like to get their hands on.
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(InfoWorld) - Third-party software developers can create Web 2.0 applications to run on Apple's forthcoming iPhone, company CEO Steve Jobs said Monday. [ For the latest from the show, readÂ Tom Yager's Enterprise Mac blog. ] Jobs told an enthusiastic audience at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference 2007 in San Francisco that developers could write applications that work and look like iPhone applications from Apple, including those for making calls, sending e-mail, and other functions. The iPhone, a combination cell phone, Web browser, and video and music player, goes on sale June 29. Developers will be able to create applications for the iPhone by using Web 2.0 programming toolsÂ such asÂ AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) and taking advantage of the full version of Apple's Safari Web browser incorporated into the devices. A separate, special software developer kit is not needed, Jobs said. The software development announcement was the last item in a 90-minute keynote address devoted mostly to the new OS X version 10.5 operating system, code-named Leopard and scheduled for release in October. Jobs highlighted 10 of what he said were 300 new features for Leopard, an upgrade from the present Tiger OS. Leopard will sell for $129. Also, Apple's updated Web browser, Safari 3.0, will be available to run on Windows Vista and Windows XP, Jobs said. Apple is releasing a public beta of Safari 3 for Mac OS X and Windows Monday, said Jobs. Jobs said the company took a cue from its experience enabling the iTunes Web music and video store to run on Windows. Safari has only 5 percent of the market for Web browsers, compared to 78 percent for Windows and 15 percent for the Firefox browser. Jobs said running on Windows could increase Safari's market share. Some in the audience of an estimated 5,000 literally oohed and ahhed as Jobs demonstrated new features of Leopard, including a feature called Stacks. In order to reduce clutter on computer desktops, Stacks can hide application icons behind the main icons on the application dock at the bottom of the screen. Click one of those icons, and others behind it shoot up toward the top of the screen in a stack. Leopard will also run 32- and 64-bit applications side by side, Jobs said. He also demonstrated a new Leopard feature called Core Flow in which images of files flip quickly across the screen from side to side, allowing users to find the image they want, click it, and see that file open up full screen. "This is an amazing way to find things, and it's incredibly useful," Jobs said. Apple said in April that it would delay Leopard's launch until October because it was devoting time and energy to bringing the iPhone to market. Apple is gaining attention because of TV commercials featuring a character called "Mac" and another called "PC." In a video prior to Jobs' keynote, John Hodgman, the comedian who plays the dim-witted Windows PC user in the commercials, appeared onscreen wearing Jobs' trademark black turtleneck and blue jeans, trying to pass himself off as Jobs. "I'm quitting," he declared, saying that he was closing down Apple because the Windows Vista OS was just too popular. "They have sold tens of ... dozens of copies," Hodgman said.
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Mobile Complete is looking to make it easier to test applications and Web sites built for the Apple iPhone.The company is adding the iPhone to the list of about 750 handsets supported by DeviceAnywhere, an Internet service that lets developers from their own desktop computer develop and test applications for various mobile units without having the units themselves physically in hand. The handhelds become remotely accessible."The iPhone is obviously a very hot device, and a lot of people want to build for it," said Faraz Syed, Mobile Complete's CEO.Mobile Complete's addition of the iPhone to DeviceAnywhere dovetails nicely with Apple's announcement Wednesday of an SDK planned for the iPhone, due in February. With this SDK, developers can build downloadable, native applications, Syed said.The iPhone is likely to be the destination for a variety of applications and games, including social networking and media-sharing applications, said Syed. "I'm expecting a lot of those to show up on the iPhone," he said.With DeviceAnywhere, handset manufacturers, developers, aggregators, and service providers gain the ability to remotely access and control physical handsets connected to live networks. Developers gain real-time interaction with devices connected to live, global networks, and they can log into the system, choose from devices such as the iPhone, and start testing applications.Among the handset brands already accessible on DeviceAnywhere are Nokia, LG, Motorola, and Samsung.DeviceAnywhere is subscription based, with prices starting at $18 per hour.