“On Thursday, before an audience of industry analysts, tech reporters and invited guests, Apple (AAPL) will unfold its long-awaited ‘iPhone software roadmap.’ The event starts at 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET),” Philip Elmer-DeWitt blogs for Fortune.
Beyond covering what we know from the invitation and recent comments by Apple execs, Elmer-DeWitt summarizes what’s rumored, including:
• The SDK runs only on Macs running OS X Leopard and is facilitated through an enhanced version of XCode made available to members of Apple Developer Connection.
• iPhone applications will be allowed to use both EDGE and WiFi for data.
• That Apple will have the final say on which commercial iPhone applications are sold, will distribute them through iTunes, and will take a small cut of the proceeds.
• That iPhone freeware is unlikely to be subject to much if any scrutiny by Apple.
• That this SDK will not support applications that access peripherals through the iPhone dock connector.
• That the final version will be released at the World Wide Developers Conference in June.
• That there’ll be lots of demonstrations of business applications from the likes of IBM, Salesforce and Microsoft. (We’ve already been contacted for pre-SDK coverage from several firms that make apps for business, including SAP.)
More info and links in the full article here.
Jaygee,
Can’t help yourself can you? Basic principal of any business is greed. Profit or die. Let me know when LG agrees to send you a free KF600, oh, gimme a shout when Verizon is handing out free licensed ring tones. The ring tone industry was a multi-billion dollar industry before Apple jumped in, that doesn’t spell free to me.