Why should i wait for the SDK to jailbreak?

[Star Destroyer]

Hey everyone,
I have been reading around here, and noticed that there are a lot of responses that say its a good idea to wait until the SDK is released before jailbreaking.

I am wondering why?
What will happen when that is released? Will third party apps be usable on a non-jailbroken touch or is it just that new apps will be available?

Im slightly confused to what this SDK release means other then better apps will be developed, but does it mean that they can be used without jailbreaking?

Thanks

 

[robbieduncan]

Im slightly confused to what this SDK release means other then better apps will be developed, but does it mean that they can be used without jailbreaking?

Yes. The whole point of the SDK is to allow third party developers to write apps through an approved method.

 

[Star Destroyer]

So it would be safe to assume that with this SDK the apps that people are jailbreaking over will then become 'legit' with apple, and it wont need to be done in after all the hacking...

I see, this does sound a lot better.

 

[elmo151]

So it would be safe to assume that with this SDK the apps that people are jailbreaking over will then become 'legit' with apple, and it wont need to be done in after all the hacking...

I see, this does sound a lot better.

you have it. I predict that iPhone apps will be as plentiful as widgets

 

[PaThKu]

Yes, 3rd Party Apps will be 'legit'. HOWEVER, no one is sure yet of what Apple will approve if they have a say in what is allowed. For example, apps such as MobileChat and Apollo may not be allowed as it would take away from Apples tasty profit on text messaging.

Guess we'll just have to wait.....in the meantime, I have 1.1.13 jailbroken

 

[Mitchy Brehd]

If you try to upgrade to the sdk on a jailbroken ipod will it brick it?

 

[caa4444]

when sdk comes out technically itouchs will come jailbroken since sdk allows read/write use which is what jailbreak does