Well, would you look at that. Apple apparently wants third party applications on the iPhone and iPod touch just like every other sane individual on the planet. The company just announced on its Hot News feed (and we'd say this certainly qualifies as such), that it is currently at work on an SDK for the iPhone, the apps from which will naturally work on the iPod touch. Apparently it's going to take 'em until February to do it up right -- you know, secure and stable and all that nonsense -- but this is certainly a beautiful breath of fresh air. Less excitingly, Apple claims that it agrees with Nokia's approach of "digital signatures" for applications, meaning that Apple gets to say who qualifies for entrance onto its hallowed devices as was
rumored last week; though who's to say what exactly that will look like just yet. But even with that caveat, we suppose we should take what we get from this sometimes benevolent, but never aesthetically challenged, dictator of ours and eat it like we're told.
[Thanks, Dennis S.]
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and by the time a SDK is released we'll all be patiently awaiting the iPhoneII
The big takeaways from today's news:
1. Holiday season
2. App development starts in earnest *now* on hacked devices
3. SDK launch coincides with GPS iPhone launch
See my post:
http://community.eqo.com/blog/jeff/the_iphone_sdk_announcement_the_big_takeaways_from_todays_news
Cheers
A GPS equipped iPhone would be awesome.
I'd prefer GPS over HSPA, but then again I live in Canada, where cellular data access is more expensive than getting high-end legal advice.
February? Geez. No 3rd party apps has been the deal-breaker for me so far. I went to look at the AT&T Tilt... it does everything but it weighs a ton. I want a nice sleek iPhone that does everything I want it to.
How about just making the damn phone work right?
REAL ringtones and none of that cutsie shit!
LOUD RINGTONES.
Good quality sound!
Some of the stuff that's standard on most decent phones!