Apple should release an SDK for the iPhone
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An entry from “Steve” dated October 17 appeared on Apple’s ‘Hot News’ page:
Let me just say it: We want native third party applications on the iPhone, and we plan to have an SDK in developers’ hands in February. We are excited about creating a vibrant third party developer community around the iPhone and enabling hundreds of new applications for our users. ...
It will take until February to release an SDK because we’re trying to do two diametrically opposed things at once—provide an advanced and open platform to developers while at the same time protect iPhone users from viruses, malware, privacy attacks, etc. This is no easy task. ... 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. And since the iPhone is the most advanced phone ever, it will be a highly visible target.
...We are working on an advanced system which will offer developers broad access to natively program the iPhone’s amazing software platform while at the same time protecting users from malicious programs. ...
P.S.: The SDK will also allow developers to create applications for iPod touch.
Developers want access to those accelerometers…unless of course they add some kind of event handlers for the in JS via WebKit…
How likely is this to happen?
90%When will this happen?
Mar 2008