Jobs: Apple to Release iPhone SDK by February
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Apple 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.
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Apple released an update for iTunes on Friday in preparation for the iPhone. Version 7.3 allows the user to activate their iPhone service through the application.
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Apple says its much-anticipated iPhone product will hit US stores on 29 June, at a cost of $499 for the entry product.
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By Ryan Blitstein, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Feb. 2--Cisco Systems is giving Apple until Feb. 15 to respond to a lawsuit over the trademark to the name "iPhone," according to a federal court document filed late Wednesday.
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Blog: Everyone is focusing on the iPhone, but Jobs' other company, Pixar, also has a huge product launching Friday.
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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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(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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Apple Inc.  will allow  independent developers to write applications for its upcoming  iPhone by tapping into the device's built-in Web browser, Chief  Executive Steve Jobs said on Monday.
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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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The iPhone will ship at the end of June as planned, Apple CEO Steve Jobs confirmed at a conference. It will run on the full-featured Mac OS X, but won't have any third-party applications for now.
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Apple has revealed details of its battery replacement plan for the iPhone.
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iSore or iCandy? iDunno... Apple has announced that its much-anticipated iPhone product will launch on 29 June in the US. The date was given in a series of television adverts broadcast on Sunday, and was later officially supported in a statement by a spokesman for the California-based company.â¦
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Apple has the iPhone. Apple does not have the iPhone. Apple will release the iPhone at MacWorld early next year. Apple will not release the iPhone at all.
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A preview of the two-way software is expected by mid-February, with a final version by mid-June.
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Apple Inc. will start selling its  iPhone on June 29, a debut that will test whether the company's  design success with Mac computers and iPod media players can  carry over into mobile handsets.
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What will Apple do at Macworld this year to top last year's iPhone hoopla? Here are our best guesses.
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Apple Inc.&#39;s  upcoming iPhone  is shaping up as this year&#39;s must-have gadget, but several  perceived shortcomings are pushing some potential buyers to  wait for an updated version.