An Apple press release accompanying today’s “software roadmap” announcements states that “a limited number of developers will be accepted into Apple’s new iPhone Developer Program,” which is priced at $99. As previously reported, the program allows access to pre-release iPhone software; technical support; the ability to get code onto iPhones for testing; and distribution of […]

Despite inaccurate reports prior to today’s event, a software development kit for the iPhone is available to developers today as a free download (the iPhone Dev site is currently down for maintenance). Joining the iPhone developer program — which will provide technical support, code testing and allow distribution through the “App Store” — costs $100.

The […]

Much like the Installer.app application used to install unofficial iPhone applications, official iPhone applications will be delivered wirelessly to the iPhone via “App Store,” a new program that will be added to the iPhone in the next software update.

All of the hosting, credit card transactions, etc. will be handled by Apple.

Developers will be able to […]

Apple’s iPhone development center is “down for maintenance,” indicating that we’ll soon see some documentation, downloads, etc. related to the iPhone SDK (software development kit).

Staty tuned…

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During today’s “software roadmap” special event in Cupertino, Electronic Arts demonstrated a version of its upcoming game “Spore’ as a native iPhone application. In Spore, users control the evolution of species from single-celled organisms up through land-walking creatures.

The game makes full use of the iPhone’s accelerometer.

More on the way…

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Claiming to make accessible the same APIs that it uses for iPhone development, Apple today announced that the object-oriented application programming environment that will be used for the iPhone SDK. Accessible features include:

Core Animation — letting developers build animations, ala CoverFlow
OpenGL in an iPhone-optimized edition
Core Audio
SQLLite

The iPhone’s Core OS uses the same kernel as Mac […]

In three days, Apple will reveal its plans for an iPhone software development kit (SDK), which will provide the framework for installation of official third-party applications, during a “road map” event at in Cupertino, California. Speculation regarding exactly how applications will be distributed and whether or not Apple will enforce approval for all officially installed […]

During the Goldman Sachs Technology Investment Symposium today, Apple Chief Operating Officer Timothy Cook dropped some interesting hints about Apple’s iPhone “software road map” event March 6, where the company is expected to discuss it’s official SDK for the platform.

Saying that the iPhone is “a platform not a product,” Cook said that he thinks the […]

Apple distributed invitations this morning for “an iPhone software road map” event to take place on March 6th.

Apple’s official software development kit (SDK) and associated components for the iPhone are complete and ready to ship, sources familiar with the matter have told iPhone Atlas. However, a series of legal hurdles — potentially including patent approval […]

We don’t often conduct user surveys here on iPhone Atlas, but with Apple still apparently planning to “have an SDK in developers’ hands in February,” and February rapidly coming to a close, we’ll bluntly ask: what third-party applications would you most like to see materialize after the advent of the software development kit?

A number of […]