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iPhone, iPod Touch SDK Details March 6th

MrT8064 said:
enterprise does sound very very worrying, like we are going to have to pay for these apps!
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Are you serious? Why should developers spend time and money to make apps and then just give them to you? I'm sure there will be some free, but I think the majority will probably need to be purchased.
 
I'm hoping those new, exciting Enterprise features include 802.1X. I'd imagine they do, considering the number of institutions that utilize it. Fiiiinally...:D

Lol, and the stock prices begin to RISE! Enterprise, here we come.
 
Erendiox said:
Exciting, but now I'm a bit worried. I just ordered a refurb 8GB. What are the odds of them dropping prices/upping storage. :eek:
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They just upped the storage on Feb 5th to 16GB. If you got a good deal on an 8GB refurb, I think you did ok. :)
 
bytethese said:
I would pay for some apps, but I hoep some are free. Some of those apps offered for Jailbroken phones that basically do nothing (pair of 'boobs' shaking, snow across the screen like a xmas globe, etc) are not worth even $1. I'd pay up to $5 for a good app, maybe $10 if I needed for a Slingplayer.
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i agree, im willing to pay for some cool apps, but i guess we could get some free apps that really don't do much
 
MrT8064 said:
enterprise does sound very very worrying, like we are going to have to pay for these apps!
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First, of course there's going to be apps that you will have to pay for. That was a given. The question is whether people will be able to use the SDK to distribute apps for free if they chose to.

Second, 'enterprise' doesn't imply paid-for applications. It implies features that business who wish to deploy the iPhone over large groups will find useful. For example, 802.1x authentication, non-Yahoo push email service, group calendar syncing, etc.

Looking forward to see what we get on the 6th...if they make the SDK available to people who want to create opensource/free software I'll probably un-jailbreak, but otherwise they're going to have to come up with some really good commercial software for me to consider it.
 
papaburgundy said:
No doubt in my mind that we are all gonna have to pay something for each and every one of these apps. For this reason, I don't think the WebApps are going anywhere anytime soon.
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I hope we'll have to pay! I want more and to get more the developers have to make a living too! I'll gladly pay for applications that make my life easier, or more enjoyable (assuming the price meets the value).
 
"roadmap" also could mean that it is laying down a timeline for release of the SDK, later tools or plug-ins, and maybe even framework for phone activation in what is now 1.1.5. So technically, they could say the SDK is available in mid March or even early April, as this is a roadmap.

On the other hand (I hope), they could release it that day, and be guiding people through the kit and explaining the possibilities/limitations of the hardware.
 
MrT8064 said:
enterprise does sound very very worrying, like we are going to have to pay for these apps!
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Knowing Apple that was already a foregone conclusion, no? But as for "enterprise" I assume they mean additions to the iPhone's feature set to make it appeal more to business customers. They did use the word "also" in regard to this so I assume the enterprise thing has nothing to do with the SDK.
 
well I guess at least the announcement about an SDK in February... I can wait another week though, no big deal...
 
Keebler said:
i hope i don't get flamed, but i'm embarrassed to ask:

what the bleep is iphone SDK? i have no clue. ....
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It's the software/tools that Apple will release to allow developers to write applications for the iPhone.
 
eBooks?

This is good news. Steve may have said people don't read books any more. Well I do - Dozens of eBooks on my Palm:eek:. If eReader develop a reader for iPhone/iPod Touch:) I would make my purchase immediately.
 
I wonder how developers would get their own programs onto their iPhones. Basically, I want to know what happens between finishing programming the app & putting it on to the iPhone. It would suck if the developer has to buy his own program back.
 
chr1s60 said:
Are you serious? Why should developers spend time and money to make apps and then just give them to you? I'm sure there will be some free, but I think the majority will probably need to be purchased.
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The fear for me is that Apple will only permit apps they've reviewed and placed in the iTunes store themselves, allowing them to control pricing (meaning, despite whatever the developer wishes, Apple will charge *something*), but more worryingly, deny access to any app that solves a problem they don't want solved. Like let's say AT&T doesn't want a chat client available because they don't want people using that rather than texting.. Apple just says, "sorry, we won't allow it on iTunes" and that's that, no app. That sort of thing.
 
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