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Steve Jobs Announces 3rd Party SDK for iPhone for February 2008

Stella said:
Congratulations Apple for seeing the light.
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I think it's more accurate to say that they "announced the light". They saw the light at the outset, but were not in a position to make promises until they knew they could deliver them. That's the way they prefer to operate.
 
WRXHokie said:
Well done.... is this what they've been planning all along or have they found that there is no way to stop this from happening, so they might as well play along? Thats the question in my mind.
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Like that makes some sort of difference? Who cares?
But there will still be whining from the crew that wants purely laissez faire access (no certification.)

My only concern is that Apple may be reacting too much to the pressure and releasing the keys to the kingdom too early.
I want them to lock this baby down like a drum before they start letting every malware author take their crack.
 
Sijmen said:
This is what I hope:

For private testing, developers use private signatures and can use only their iPhones / iPod touches for testing. Much like XNA and Xbox.

For public release, the program has to be signed 'for real' by Apple.
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I hope you are right, because I would want to develop applications just for my own use.
 
This is so great! :) I *knew* they would release an SDK! I can't wait, it's going to be so fun to see the creative apps that get written... :) Woohoo!
 
So does this mean that people will start to whine about not being able to run unsingned programs on their iPhones when the SDK hits? I think so.
 
Small White Car said:
Did you read the letter at all? It's pretty clear that this has been the plan all along, it's just taking them time.

What they DID realize is that people can't be patient if they don't know what's coming. Not saying this sooner was a mistke.

Steve SHOULD have said this back when they told developers to make web-apps. You know "we'll have an SDK in 2008, but to tide you over until then, you can make web-apps."

That would have made everyone a lot happier, I think, even though it's no different from what we got.
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Well put.
 
psychofreak said:
Another thread on this is here :)
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I don't want to be on that huge thread.... yuck. Too many people just posting to be posting or because they can't stop and think about what they are posting... no thank you. I'm glad someone started a smaller thread.

135 days (assuming 2/29/2008) left till develops can start their work plus another month or two for some real apps... My gosh, that is just a crazy long time to wait. I hope Apple will at least let select develops start making apps as they finalizing the SDK.
 
DTphonehome said:
The hardware is there...it can easily be added by software. This could well be the Trojan Newton.
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Actually, since the iPHone's touchscreen responds to a finger and not a stylus adding handwrittign recognition might not be easy. I guess you could draw out each character with your finger, but it would be harder to write whole words on the small screen that way.
 
Just like I and others said.

It.
Simply.
Was.
Not.
Ready.
Yet.

It.
Will.
Be.
In.
Feb.

Congrats apple!

This platform is going to be SOOO COOOL!!

P.s. Buh bye Palm.


:D
 
This is what I've been waiting for! Guess I'll get me an iPhone soon! Then again, I still have some problems with the current system so maybe i'll wait it out longer.
 
This is gret for me, i'm one of those guys who has an iPhone and would never consider hacking it. But I'm excited about more programs for my iPhone.
 
Way to go!

I am soooo looking forward to getting an iMac loaded with Leopard and its development tools. Its been years since I've written any code for the Mac and on a personal level I'd like to get back to it. Hopefully the iPhone/iTouch SDK will be available for free through ADC as opposed to just for the premier membership.

Unfortunately the interest is personal, not work related - at least ... not yet. Let me loose with it and maybe I can bend a few ears.:D
 
earthsick said:
what? 4 months and the thing is going to be obselete? that is a silly thought especially since no other device has shown the same promise or created the same buzz.
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4 months is a long time in the cell market.

LG, HTC and Samsung are already releasing competitors.

Nokia's touch offering showed a demo with some really cool functionalities. It's entirely possible
 
shoelessone said:
I would probably settle for iPod Touch if it worked with the Apple camera adapter, so while I travel I can sync photos to the touch and email them to friends/family/etc.
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You know, I hadn't thought of a camera adaptor, but I actually REALLY like that idea. A higher quality, snap-on camera. Brilliant. I would actually prefer this, not settle for it. :)
 
Here's hoping that they're okay with stuff like an AIM program that goes through the data connection rather than SMS. A lot of the other homebrew is pretty darn cool but really, that's the only specific thing that I want that I have doubts about AT&T allowing, since SMS-based AIM and such can be so lucrative for them.
 
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