Rumor: Apple opening iPhone to 3rd party developers with release of Leopard

There are rumors going around that the totally irrelevant release of Leopard might also give way to the iPhone being opened up to third party developers for new applications. Like I said, the two are totally irrelevant, but neither one is worthy of a separate press conference, so I guess the combination of the two announcements could kind of make sense in that respect.

They aren’t going to open it up to just anyone, but well established companies, especially those well known for producing mobile apps are rumored to have been getting contacted by Apple recently. Its already fairly well known that EA is porting its entire line of iPod games to the new iPhone/iPod platforms so they can be loaded onto those devices, but there is rumored to be a lot more companies being approached.

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Written by James Allan Brady on October 5th, 2007 with no comments.
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Gearlog’s interview with Apple’s Joswiak clears up iPod Touch details

Lets get one thing straight, according to an update on Gearlog, Joswiak wanted to make clear that when he said “not hate”, it doesn’t mean “like” or “support” in reference to native software development for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Keep in mind that future software updates may or may not “reset” iPhones and touch resulting in whipping out native third-party apps. Apple doesn’t oppose third-party apps and/or hacks but the company will not support them either. And don’t expect games on the iPod Touch anytime soon.

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Written by Vincent Nguyen on September 11th, 2007 with no comments.
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