Apple Extending Hand to 3rd Party Developers

Since the latest firmware update has set hackers back (but not entirely), as well as developers, Apple is setting to open up their software a little more with the release of Leopard in 3 months.

As long as people stayed within the lines, coders could program in Safari for the iPhone. Though, several people didn’t agree with it and started hacking “outside the box”, creating native programs to allow unrestricted use. According to Cleeve Nettles (9to5Mac): “Apple has been furiously working with their partners on games and applications for the iPhone/iPod and the standardized Human-Interface Controls that will go along with them,”

He goes on to say, “For instance, EA [ERTS, purveyor of Madden NFL, NBA Live, etc.] is currently porting their iPod lineup to the OSX iPod/iPhone platform to be sold along side the classic iPod OS versions. Other big developers with strict confidentiality agreements are also on board.”

Among this, Nettles says that Apple wants to make the iPhone a little more like the T-Mobile Sidekick. Thus being more open ended to programmers allowing a more open environment to work and share works with, like T-Mobile’s Integrated Payment system. Apple has also reportedly hired the same people who made SidekickOS (Danger) to help them design their own integrated system. Programmers were warned to wait until Leopard is out, since so many others are already holding back software for such a release, because it’s “the” upgrade that coders have waited for.

Thanks: Apple 2.0 , 9to5Mac

Tags: app, Apple, application, game, hack, iPhone, Leopard, Mac, OS

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