Apple to Support iPhone Programing
iPhone SDK Announcement
In an article titled Apple to Encourage iPhone Programmers the New York Times reports that Steve Jobs will encourage 3rd party developers to write iPhone applications.
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Venture capitalist John Doerr will invest up to $100 million to support 3rd application development and Apple will release a $99 SDK to support game and business program development. According to the Read-Me file, iPhone’s SDK requires an Intel-based Mac running Mac OS X v10.5.2 or later.
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Applications developed by 3rd parties will be availible only through a new iPhone service called Apps Store which will allow Apple to keep a percentage of sales.
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March 8th – Related to the SDK, Apple and Sun have announced development of a Java Virtual Machine for the iPhone. The version will be Java Micro Edition and will be availible along with the new SDK. See MacRumors for early commentary on possible Java liimitations.
March 30th – This InfoWord page has kind words for Apple’s iPhone SDK.
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March 10, 2008 @ 6:29 am
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