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Apple to Open the iPhone Platform

Numberzz

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It seems as though Apple might be preparing to release the iPhone SDK to developers soon. A poster on the Blackfriars’ Marketing blog said that people need to wait for the for the Leopard Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard release later this month before you stop caring about the iPhone platform. Apple hasn’t shipped an SDK yet, not because Apple is evil, but because the iPhone is a Leopard device. The iPhone was open to third-party software from the day it was released as long as coders stuck to writing within the limited Safari environment and didn’t try to write native applications. Many hackers took this an invitation to crack the iPhone on their own terms.

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bwhsh8r

bwhsh8r 0

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great to hear!

Urbz

Urbz 2

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Just want to add that the article points to the mobile OS X as a platform and makes numerous references to both iPhone and iPod, so this rumor should be applied not only to the iPhone, but also to the iPod touch.

 

-Urbz

mithrantir

mithrantir 0

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now this is {censored} incredible if it is indeed true. the things iphone lacks as a "smartphone" atm is 1.programs 2.locked-sim. tbh i care mostly about programs, and i can unlock the iphone anyway (despite firmware updates, which will be cracked eventually anyway). so if they fix that i believe i could maybe get one :blink: (since they fixed the price too)

 

and btw, if that goes for ipod touch as well then this is just brilliant.

TvvqKMZ72bsklauw5

TvvqKMZ72bsklauw5 0

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If someone creates an iWork-like application set for the iPhone, that would be a winner. :blink:

 

I can see how the iPod Touch would relate to this (after all, it IS the iPhone minus the Phone feature).

 

If someone could create a VoiP (i.e. Skype) option for the iPhone, that would also be awesome.

CLiDE FTW!!1

CLiDE FTW!!1 0

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Hopedfully Apple is smart about it and creates boundries on how these apps function... give the developer too much freedom, and you'll end up with an unstable phone like the Palm Treo. ...and the iPhone is unstable as it is.

 

Skype would be ingenious on the iPhone, but is the EDGE network fast enough to provide a quality, streaming connection? And you'd think AT&T would yank Apple's chain if a VOIP client was available for the iPhone...

bxsci(macuser)

bxsci(macuser) 1

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Hopedfully Apple is smart about it and creates boundries on how these apps function... give the developer too much freedom, and you'll end up with an unstable phone like the Palm Treo. ...and the iPhone is unstable as it is.

 

Skype would be ingenious on the iPhone, but is the EDGE network fast enough to provide a quality, streaming connection? And you'd think AT&T would yank Apple's chain if a VOIP client was available for the iPhone...

 

the phone would be able to use skype while in a wifi area

it would be smart if they had it so it would automatically switch calls from the regular phone to skype when you stepped in a wifi hotspot

Ayanami

Ayanami 2

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I'll check my ADC account and let you know if I see one pop up.

Synaesthesia

Synaesthesia 5

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The iPhone would be amazing if there was a SDK released. It runs OS X, so imagine coding for it in XCode and having access to all those Mac OS X technologies...Truly drool-worthy.


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