Apple U-Turns on iPhone: Third-Party Developers To Get SDK in 2008
While it won't be changing its policy forbidding users from unlocking the iPhone to use it with carriers other than AT&T, Apple has relented: in February it will make an iPhone SDK available. 'We think a few months of patience now will be rewarded by many years of great third-party applications running on safe and reliable iPhones,' Steve Jobs wrote yesterday on the Apple website.
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#5
Brian commented on the 19 Oct 2007
Jeremy Geelan got this story all wrong and did readers a disservice by spreading a false myth about the iPhone SDK. You need only look at Kevin Hoffman's article in Sys-Con Media, "iPhone Landscape after the iPhone SDK Announcement" ([visit link]) to see that Steve Jobs had discussed this months ago. Truth be told, Apple had been planning the iPhone SDK, but had to make sure they did it right. First, Apple had to finish OS-X 10.5 (Leopard), which required a number of people to get this done. Second, Leopard is apparently a key tool for developers wishing to create apps for the iPhone. And third, as Steve Jobs stated in a letter to the Apple community a couple of days ago, their largest concern was making sure that the iPhone would be secure against viruses and malware.
All this is reasonable. But the conclusions that a number of people, Jeremy Geelan included, are not. Jeremy, next time, please do your homework. Get the facts right, and don't spread false myths. Color me disappointed that you and your editorial team did not do a better job researching the facts pertinent to this article.
#4
Sandor at the Zoo commented on the 18 Oct 2007
Yes, all modern phones have integrated GPS units (in the US, at least), as a requirement for 911 service. Whether it's exposed to the OS for use by applications is another question; one to which I don't know the answer.
#3
soft_guy commented on the 18 Oct 2007
No, it does not have a GPS. Lots of people wish that it had one. Lots of people wish it had 3G. I wish it had more than 8GB of storage (like maybe a 100 GB hard disk).
There is always next year.
#2
queZZtion commented on the 18 Oct 2007
Does the iPhone have a GPS or not? I'd like to just use a phone instead of owning a separate in car navigation device.
#1
Impeters commented on the 18 Oct 2007
Given the enormous price tag on the iPhone, I think that third-party software is pretty much the only way Apple is going to be able to sell iPhones.
iPhone News Desk wrote:
Up to this point, the
iPhone has been a device
for gadget fanatics and
big spenders, while
shortcomings like the
price and lack of 3G have
limited the addressable
market considerably
NN wrote: Yes we should
have say in open source
platform but way I see it
Google and Adobe will do
according to own
propriety when it comes
to add features. I like
GWT but again very plain
UI with built in library
(third party limited not
many)
Adobe has to be one step
ahead ...
What? wrote: "The last
time I was this excited
about a new SDK was
probably when .NET 2.0
came out"
OK, that's the funniest
thing I think I've ever
read in one of these
articles. I didn't
realize how completely
sarcastic it was, but
then I imagined Lewis
Black reading it out ...
Brent Thompson wrote:
Many developers are now
working on software for
the iPhone and iPod
Touch. The intuitive
interface, high
resolution photos, high
memory capacity, and ease
of synchronization will
breathe new life into the
use of handheld computers
in practice. I have been ...
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