Apple Announces SDK for iPhone, iPod Touch
Well, what do you know?
Hot on the heels of Nokia’s announcing the N810 Internet Tablet, Apple tries to steel some thunder by announcing an SDK for the iPhone and iPod Touch. In normal people’s language, this means that Apple is going to let other companies make software for the devices, as well. Currently, those devices are locked to prevent installation of non-Apple software.
This is great news for the masses of software companies who are chomping at the bit to create cool software for these devices!
As you may have heard by now, some extremely clever people have already figured out how to unlock the iPhone and iPod Touch to install software from non-Apple sources. Apple hasn’t been happy about that, and they’ve been bricking unlocked devices with the latest software update in retaliation.
(I love the fact that the process of unlocking your iPhone or iPod Touch is called jailbreaking!)
Perhaps now this means that Apple will lighten up and stop bricking unlocked iPhones?
Anyway, the new Apple SDK will be released next February if all goes according to plan. Cool news!
(And yeah, even though I am lusting after a Nokia N810 Internet Tablet, I’m also lusting after an iPod Touch. What can I say? I love these gadgets…)
