Apple finally smartening up

by SamCogar Fri Mar 14, 2008 2:44 am

Scott Forstall, vice president of iPhone software, helped introduced a software developers kit March 6 which enables third-party software developers to create programs for the iPhone.

Apple said March 12 that more than 100,000 software developers have downloaded the iPhone software development kit since it was announced last week.

That doesn’t mean there will be 100,000 new programs for the iPhone in June, when the phone’s 2.0 software is scheduled for release. But maybe there will be. The kit will enable third-party software programs approved by Apple to run on the iPhone.

"The iPhone is a development platform is that very open," said Charlene Li, vice president and principal analyst at Forrester Research.

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