Apple iPhone SDK Out in the Wild!
This has been long awaited my many hardcore iPhone fans as well as companies looking to get a jump start on this new market. Along with the software update, Apple also announced that venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins has created a $100 million “iFund” to fund software development on both the iPhone and iPod Touch.
Developers will be provided pretty loose restrictions on what will be aloud to be used, so expect too see some really kick ass apps coming out soon. Apple has said it will keep 30 percent of the revenue from applications sold through Apple Store, but will not charge developers credit card, hosting or marking fees. The developers themselves get to set prices for applications. Apple’s developer program costs $99 to join.
A quote from http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=1388…a little fluff from Apple never hurts right?
“Today, we’re witnessing history: that’s the launching of the SDK, the creation of the third great platform, the iPhone and the iPod Touch. Think about it. What the iPhone is all about is in your pocket, you have something that’s broadband, and connected all the time. It’s persona, it knows who you are and where you are. That’s a big deal, a really big deal. It’s bigger than the personal computer.”
“So, [iFund] is about this great opportunity. But more than the money, it’s really about the people, the entrepreneurs, it’s about the great team at Apple, and most of all it’s about the great talent that we can recruit together and go build these amazing companies.”
The SDK can be found here http://developer.apple.com/iphone/program/. Though I wouldn’t get to excited, because as some of my co-workers found out this morning, it will take a bit of time to download. The SDK is over a 2GB in size (ouch right! Take that Facebook and Google).