iphone sdk applications

So the big news is that iPhone and iPod Touch SDK has a date of release - we don’t know the exact date but we know it’s going to be June. The good news is that SDK will be free to all iPhone and iPod Touch users. What will not be free are the third-party applications themselves that I’m sure will flow like the waters of the Nile to the Apple site. Why the Apple site? Because, my friends, Apple will have the last word on any third-party apps that they will support and they are NOT going to be free. Apple will launch and sell apps through the new App Store. When you purchase an app you will be given an electronic certificate. I’m sure this is good for people who want to make sure their apps do not jeopardize the iPhone or iPod Touch’s OS. This is what Apple wants, too. Developers will get 70% of the revenues. Already several software companies haveapps ready for the iPhone, among them gaming companies EA and SEGA (wow, a comeback?), AOL and Salesforce.com for business-minded iPhone users.

So far no complaints about Apple’s new business model.

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