SDK, Already over it!!

I respectfully disagree completely. First off, you are neglecting to think of the iPod Touch market, which is easily going to eclipse the iPhone market in size (if it hasn't already). What did the last quarterly report say? 2 million iPhones sold. 22 million iPods sold. You can bet that a large % of those iPods were touches. The iPhone is currently available in 4 or 5 countries... the Touch worldwide.

Touch users are looking for real apps, not websites with links on the desktop that are only accessible when near a wifi spot. Touch users are looking for apps they can use anywhere. This means native applications not dependent on online access.

On the same note, you don't really have 4 pages of awesome apps. You have 4 pages of websites that are bookmarked on your desktop. If you are in an area with no cell or wifi support you don't have access to any of them. For people that travel often this is a real possibility.

Finally, there is a large group of professionals waiting for apps such as ePocrates to utilize in their work. Having these apps available for the Touch/iPhone market is eagerly anticipated.

 

wow-- over it and it isn't out yet??? give it a chance!

 

How about.....no. Absolutely 100% nope.

 

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NO NATIVE APPS FOR YOU!

 

I'd pay a pretty decent chunk of change for a native app running an iChat or Trillian type of IM'ing client.

How much? hmmm I'd probably go as high as $75-100 if it was really well done.

I IM all the time and having a non web app for it is worth a lot of money to me.

I'd also pay to have some sort of app that allowed for printing to a wireless network from the iPhone.

With google docs and email attachments of PDFs that would be worth a lot of cash to me as well.

 

I agree completely. I would much rather have native apps instead of web apps on my iPhone.

 

I do agree with you that the iPod touch market will surpass the iPhone market, but I disagree with you after that. While the iPod touch is available worldwide and the iPhone only in 5 countries, there is more to look at. I highly doubt a large percentage of the 22 million iPods sold were touches. The iPod touch is expensive and offers very little storage, the two main things people look at when buying a higher model of the iPod. The native apps and a change in storage capacity or price are needed before the touch accounts for a large percentage of those 22 million. Native apps are going to be a huge boost in sales for both iPod touch and iPhone.

 

they will sell a lot of games, A LOT, prob a lot of ofice type apps too. as for im, i cant see it, but as instant messaging needs to be online i agree with o.p. a web app is as good as native as it makes no difference, beejive baby.

 

I hate 95% of these webapps. They would work so much better if they were native, but you just can't get the most out of the iPhone with these webapps.

 

How did you do that?

 

You said: "Obviously I know that the SDK isn’t even released yet, but I don’t think too much will change when it is." You actually didn't specifically put it in the context of the iPhone.

I simply pointed out that the SDK is about much more than the iPhone. it has far greater reaches, including devices that haven't been released yet. Much will change because of it, both for the iPhone, the Touch, and future devices.

As I also mentioned in my post, there are many occurrences when iPhone users are away from WIFI/edge, or they require an application for their business that is not available, or not feasible as a website. Medical people have been waiting for native versions of their preferred apps for a year now, and many remain on Palm devices right now because they are not available yet.

For a person who is never out of cell reception (never on a plane, never travels to remote areas, etc) maybe having links to websites on their desktop is enough. The SDK is about far more than those people, however.

Think different!

 

I can't wait for Skype for iPhone. THAT will be awsome. I'd love to be able to walk around the house and use the iPhone as a WIFI Skype client.

 

I think the SDK is going to be HUGE. I mean, look at all of the wonderful software developers out there already making software for the Mac. Don't you think we're almost certainly going to see at least companion products for these great apps that will work on the iPhone? I think it will be a huge asset for the iPhone and will really take it to the next level.

 

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the problem with webapps is that it only works if you have signal. try having to commute on the NYC subway system everyday and see how bad youll really want native apps then ~

 

Two Words:

Delicious Library

 

I haven't updated yet to 1.1.3 because of iBlackjack, iSolitaire, Five Dice, and the NES emulator.

Seriously, I could probably find the first three games as a Webapp but loading the apps sometimes just takes forever depending on where you are. Plus you don't get the spiffy Core Animation graphics and the touch interface with Safari sucks sometimes depending on how the app is coded.

Trust me, native apps are way better than web apps. I dont' even know why I have to state that.

 

SDK slingplayer.....................

....will be worth having the iphone for alone.

Over it already?? You obviously have no ability to think outside the box!

 

I'd also love to see Aidium, maybe a Picasa or Flickr Uploader, VNC client etc

 

I agree. Having seen some of the crude games on jailbroken units, I'm interested to see what professional game developers can make of it. The accelerometer, along with the multitouch interface, should make for some really great games. Nintendo has already demonstrated the sorts of things that can be done with the DS, and IIRC the iPhone/Touch are much more powerful than either that or the PSP.

There's a ton of money to be made writing games for Apple's new units.

 

I'm so over the iPhone 2. I mean, who needs it?

 

just wait for someone to make an AIM program for the iphone, if it continuely connects like the sidekick or other phones, i bet you can actually watch the battery drain.