iPhone SDK delayed?
updated 10:20 am EST, Sat February 23, 2008
iPhone SDK Delay Leak
Apple's promised iPhone SDK (software developer kit) may not meet its February release target, a reported source tells BusinessWeek. No explanation is given for the delay, though the alleged insider claims the circumstances of the release are "fluid" and that the delay could involve as little as one week or as many as three. Depending on circumstances, Apple may choose to release only selective information or nothing at all in the last week of February, waiting until March to uncover full details.
Apple chief Steve Jobs made a promise for the SDK in the fall of last year and is often believed to have made the early announcement in part as a reaction to criticisms by early developers, who expressed frustration that development so far has been limited to web-only applications. Apple initially rejected demands for native third-party applications under claims of security concerns.
However, sources told Electronista late last year that Apple was seeding early SDKs to key developers to speed development of early applications for the February release planned at the time, suggesting that the company had been preparing the kit significantly in advance of the October announcement by Jobs.
Must be giving..
02/23, 12:17pm reply
more time for the key developers to get ahead of everyone else. I just want some cool games and apps that I don't have to use the web.
bearcatrp
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As soon as investors...
02/23, 05:52pm reply
hear this rumor, down goes Apple's stock again. There seems to be neverending negative news for Apple. Like a week of delay is going to mean a h*** of a lot for 2008's iPhone figures.
Constable Odo
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re: as soon as investors.
02/24, 05:52am reply
Who cares about a few pounds in lost stock price. Apple have great products and billions of pounds in the bank.
coldfusion1970
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time
02/24, 09:55am reply
I agree with bearcatrp that the key developers are gearing up so it's not a free for all. There is a potential for a lot of money quick for some useful apps, especially if you could web download them and install and PayPal...
automorrow
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PayPal!?!?!
02/24, 10:48am reply
If apple have seeded a dev kit to select partners then the delivery system will be iTunes which already has a payment system... PayPal won't be involved!
bloodline
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what's the big deal???
02/25, 10:39am reply
It is a freakin' SDK. We're not talking about some world-changing product. People understand why Apple wants to be so secretive about the iPhone, but what is so damned great about an SDK that Apple is so mum on details.
Everyone else seems capable of releasing beta SDKs to the general populace, with the knowledge that items might change, etc. Programmers on other platforms see capable of handling this. But for the iPhone Apple needs to make an event out of it or something????
Oh, and if all this ends up wrapping around a requirement for installation through the iTMS (not iTunes, mind you, but having to authorize the apps through Apple), it isn't going to be well received. For we know Apple won't authorize any app that cuts into it's business models. And some people just don't want to have to go to Big Brother to get approval for their ideas.
testudo
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Re: paypal?
02/25, 10:40am reply
If apple have seeded a dev kit to select partners then the delivery system will be iTunes which already has a payment system... PayPal won't be involved!
How in the world do you make the jump from "they seeded it to select partners" to "the delivery system will be itunes"??? OS X was seeded to select partners, but that didn't mean all software was going through the Apple Store.
testudo
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re: PayPal!?!?!
02/25, 10:44am reply
PayPal won't be involved!
Oh, and in case you people didn't notice, you can use Paypal at the Apple store. Thus Paypal is already involved.
testudo
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some
02/28, 02:15pm reply
cool games will be great..
thewebdrives
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is it
02/28, 02:21pm reply
actually true?
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