iPhone is open to third-party apps, says Jobs
Apple iPhone open to third party applications?
(Credit: CNET Networks)During the interview with Walt Mossberg at D5, Steve Jobs apparently let slip (according to the transcript from Gizmodo and Engadget), that even though the Apple iPhone won't start out of the gate with support for third-party applications, Apple is open to it and is working on making that possible later this year. Both transcripts imply that Jobs was concerned about security issues, which is what presumably was holding up the process. The lack of third-party support was one of the biggest complaints about the iPhone when it was first announced earlier this year, so if Apple actually makes this happen, it'll make a lot of people happy. (And one of them is me.) Now if only they'll work on 3G support as well.
Nicole Lee is an associate editor for CNET, covering cell phones, Bluetooth headsets, and all things mobile. She's also pretty geeky--she likes World of Warcraft, comic books, and shiny gadgets. E-mail Nicole. 
That suggests that Safari-compatible web applications on either the Internet or
on a LAN web server can be accessed by iPhone. This looks like the first iPhone
developer opportunity.
Also, there is a WWDC session on developing web applications for iPhone.
That suggests that Safari-compatible web applications on either the Internet or
on a LAN web server can be accessed by iPhone. This looks like the first iPhone
developer opportunity.
Also, there is a WWDC session on developing web applications for iPhone.
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- by brupub June 9, 2007 12:35 PM PDT
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