iPhone - Native clients for iPhone

airwalk331 · airwalk331 #1 (**permalink**)

01-01-2008, 04:48 PM

How soon do you think we'll be seeing native clients being released for the iphone?

When did Steve Jobbs say they'd open it up to 3rd party developers?

NolaWegs · NolaWegs #2 (**permalink**)

01-01-2008, 04:51 PM

the SDK is supposed to be released in February. I think you can be fairly certain that new stuff will start popping up immediately following that.

kgeier82 · kgeier82 #3 (**permalink**)

01-01-2008, 07:05 PM

my guess is a good number of developers already have what they need to start developing...As soon as SDK rolls out, id give it a week or two before we see the good stuff start to be released.

Shannonb · Shannonb #4 (**permalink**)

01-01-2008, 11:16 PM

I wonder how much they'll charge for apps. If the prices are ridiculously then your going to see a lot of people (including me) jailbreaking their phones instead.

giulio · giulio #5 (**permalink**)

01-02-2008, 08:32 AM

I think you mean native 'apps', not 'clients'. There already are many (at least a hundred I'd estimate) native apps, but they require jailbreaking to install. When the phone/ipt is opened by apple, I'd bet all those apps will be ported over the legal way very very quickly.

airwalk331 · airwalk331 #6 (**permalink**)

01-02-2008, 10:01 PM

Yeah, I meant apps- my bad. Hmmmm... I didn't even think a lot of people would be charging for their apps once the iphone is opened up....

You think there's any chance Apple will surprise us and open it at macworld??

Poo Pants · Poo Pants #7 (**permalink**)

01-03-2008, 11:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shannonb

I wonder how much they'll charge for apps. If the prices are ridiculously then your going to see a lot of people (including me) jailbreaking their phones instead.

Doubt it. I think the Palm/WM software community does quite well considering how much junk is out there with a price tag.

NolaWegs · NolaWegs #8 (**permalink**)

01-03-2008, 08:39 PM

Although I'm sure apple will be releasing apps at a price, I would tend to think that many of the developers out there will be releasing their new apps as freeware (or at least I hope that they will). That seems to be the trend right now, but then again, adding legitimacy always seems to make things more expensive.

giulio · giulio #9 (**permalink**)

01-04-2008, 08:18 AM

Yeah, once it is open, geeks won't find it cool to hack apps for it anymore. Legitimate/large companies will start to make 'useful' apps and charge for them.

snoslicer8 · snoslicer8 #10 (**permalink**)

01-07-2008, 02:10 AM

I don't think it's really fair to make any assumptions yet. All we know is that an SDK is coming. We don't know who it will be available to (specially selected/approved companies? Everyone?), we don't know how apps will be installed (from iPhone interface, through new iTunes revision, etc), and we don't know how the apps will run (completely native, inside some kind of offline sandbox like current Safari-based apps).

Until we can answer some of these questions, I don't think Jailbroken apps will go anywhere. I STILL think that even if the SDK is open to all comers, the iPhone Dev folks will still be hacking away. Speaking from a coding standpoint, I highly doubt ANY SDK released by Apple will include the methods/calls that the Dev team is using for their unlocks. They won't be going anywhere.

Eric559 · Eric559 #11 (**permalink**)

01-07-2008, 02:15 AM

There will be free apps and paid apps. Just like software is.

giulio #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 19, 2007 Location: NY USA Posts: 1,813 Mac Specs: iMac 5.1 \| iMac 7.1 \| iPod Touch \| iPod Nano	01-02-2008, 08:32 AM I think you mean native 'apps', not 'clients'. There already are many (at least a hundred I'd estimate) native apps, but they require jailbreaking to install. When the phone/ipt is opened by apple, I'd bet all those apps will be ported over the legal way very very quickly. Freelance Web Development schweb This has to be one of the best threads ever in MF history... Cherokee This gets my vote for most innovative thread on Mac-Forums... ever.
	QUOTE Thanks

giulio #9 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 19, 2007 Location: NY USA Posts: 1,813 Mac Specs: iMac 5.1 \| iMac 7.1 \| iPod Touch \| iPod Nano	01-04-2008, 08:18 AM Yeah, once it is open, geeks won't find it cool to hack apps for it anymore. Legitimate/large companies will start to make 'useful' apps and charge for them. Freelance Web Development schweb This has to be one of the best threads ever in MF history... Cherokee This gets my vote for most innovative thread on Mac-Forums... ever.
	QUOTE Thanks

snoslicer8 #10 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 18, 2006 Location: Saint Louis, MO Posts: 471 Mac Specs: 15" Unibody MBP 2.4 Ghz C2D, 2 GB RAM, 250 GB HDD, 320 GB Time Machine HDD, 1 TB Ext Media Drive	01-07-2008, 02:10 AM I don't think it's really fair to make any assumptions yet. All we know is that an SDK is coming. We don't know who it will be available to (specially selected/approved companies? Everyone?), we don't know how apps will be installed (from iPhone interface, through new iTunes revision, etc), and we don't know how the apps will run (completely native, inside some kind of offline sandbox like current Safari-based apps). Until we can answer some of these questions, I don't think Jailbroken apps will go anywhere. I STILL think that even if the SDK is open to all comers, the iPhone Dev folks will still be hacking away. Speaking from a coding standpoint, I highly doubt ANY SDK released by Apple will include the methods/calls that the Dev team is using for their unlocks. They won't be going anywhere. MacBook Air Unibody Core i5 1.8 GHz, 4 GB RAM, 128 GB SSD, iPhone 4S 32 GB White
	QUOTE Thanks

Eric559 #11 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 18, 2007 Location: Central California Posts: 3,185 Mac Specs: 2.16GHz C2D MacBook w/ 2GB RAM & 120GB HD. HTC Droid Incredible.	01-07-2008, 02:15 AM There will be free apps and paid apps. Just like software is. Member Of The Month for December '08. It's only the internet!
	QUOTE Thanks

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Future of clients (rss, mail, etc.) question ..	rpmgatech	Schweb's Lounge	2	11-30-2007 08:11 PM
Limit on clients in network?	Couriant	Internet, Networking, and Wireless	1	06-27-2007 02:54 PM
OS Doesn't Reconise my Extra Screen's Native Resolution.	chrisherring	OS X - Operating System	0	11-26-2006 01:40 PM
Setting native resolution in iTunes Visualizer	BillyBoy	iPod Hardware and Accessories	3	04-12-2006 04:55 PM
Getting Clients	justinpfarrell	Web Design and Hosting	1	06-17-2005 03:14 AM

iPhone - Native clients for iPhone

Internet Services

Web Development

Digital Marketing

Consumer Tech

airwalk331 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 21, 2007 Posts: 454	01-01-2008, 04:48 PM How soon do you think we'll be seeing native clients being released for the iphone? When did Steve Jobbs say they'd open it up to 3rd party developers?
	QUOTE Thanks

NolaWegs #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 02, 2006 Location: New Orleans, LA Posts: 146 Mac Specs: MacBook Pro 2.16 GHz CD 2GB RAM; iPhone	01-01-2008, 04:51 PM the SDK is supposed to be released in February. I think you can be fairly certain that new stuff will start popping up immediately following that.
	QUOTE Thanks

Shannonb #4 (permalink)
Member Since: May 29, 2007 Posts: 748 Mac Specs: 2.16 Core 2 Duo, 160GB HD, 2gb RAM, Black Macbook \| iPhone \| OS X Leopard	01-01-2008, 11:16 PM I wonder how much they'll charge for apps. If the prices are ridiculously then your going to see a lot of people (including me) jailbreaking their phones instead.
	QUOTE Thanks

airwalk331 #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 21, 2007 Posts: 454	01-02-2008, 10:01 PM Yeah, I meant apps- my bad. Hmmmm... I didn't even think a lot of people would be charging for their apps once the iphone is opened up.... You think there's any chance Apple will surprise us and open it at macworld??
	QUOTE Thanks

NolaWegs #8 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 02, 2006 Location: New Orleans, LA Posts: 146 Mac Specs: MacBook Pro 2.16 GHz CD 2GB RAM; iPhone	01-03-2008, 08:39 PM Although I'm sure apple will be releasing apps at a price, I would tend to think that many of the developers out there will be releasing their new apps as freeware (or at least I hope that they will). That seems to be the trend right now, but then again, adding legitimacy always seems to make things more expensive.
	QUOTE Thanks

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)