iPhone opens up to developers via current web standards: No complicated SDK needed
Developers have been waiting for some time to find out exactly if and how they can create applications for the iPhone - and yesterday Steve Jobs told them.
At his opening Keynote speech to the World Wide Developers' Conference, he made it clear that the iPhone would handle applications, and they'd all run using Web 2.0 and AJAX technologies via the updated version of the Safari web browser.
I've already written that developers may now take notice of Safari because of the iPhone, and this effectively seals the deal.
I think Apple has been very clever here. They've pushed version 3 of their Safari web browser - which they claim already has a 5% worldwide market share - onto three platforms at once.
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In the past Safari hasn't been well catered for, and as such the functionality on some Web 2.0 web sites has been missing or degraded. This is one of the reasons that many people have moved to Firefox on the Mac. Though the keynote demonstration and details were sketchy, it's likely that there will be some distinctive functionality in the iPhone version of Safari. The demo suggested that the browser would integrate seamlessly with other iPhone functionality, so developers will need to know exactly how their applications can interact with core iPhone features. This method of development may not please everyone, but it should allow a large number of developers who are already well-versed in modern web technologies the ability to develop versatile iPhone apps in the protective and secure Safari environment. Powermat: Revolutionary Gadget Charging
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