Comments on: The iPhone lets in the 3rd Party! http://www.watblog.com/2008/03/08/the-iphone-lets-in-the-3rd-party/ The Refreshing Blog on Web, Advertising and Technology in India! Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:54:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Harshil Karia http://www.watblog.com/2008/03/08/the-iphone-lets-in-the-3rd-party/#comment-3871 Harshil Karia Sat, 08 Mar 2008 06:32:37 +0000 http://www.watblog.com/2008/03/08/the-iphone-lets-in-the-3rd-party/#comment-3871 wow - i shouldve just pinged you and got you to write the post! True it wont benefit us Indians at all because the phone is locked which is why i think the OpenMoko phone is a better option for a tech enthusiast - design aside, it has everything that you would want on the iPhone and more. I would still term apple move as crowd sourcing - although i admit it is regulated crowd sourcing. Its a good idea for a company like apple to screen applications and not just let it be an open platform - 1 is the revenue perspective and 2 - more importantly is the branding perspective. They would often be asking - is this application useful to an apple enthusiast? is it synergizing with brand values? Not too many consumer focussed companies are crowd sourcing well - maybe apple will lead the way. wow - i shouldve just pinged you and got you to write the post! True it wont benefit us Indians at all because the phone is locked which is why i think the OpenMoko phone is a better option for a tech enthusiast - design aside, it has everything that you would want on the iPhone and more. I would still term apple move as crowd sourcing - although i admit it is regulated crowd sourcing. Its a good idea for a company like apple to screen applications and not just let it be an open platform - 1 is the revenue perspective and 2 - more importantly is the branding perspective. They would often be asking - is this application useful to an apple enthusiast? is it synergizing with brand values? Not too many consumer focussed companies are crowd sourcing well - maybe apple will lead the way.

]]> By: Preshit http://www.watblog.com/2008/03/08/the-iphone-lets-in-the-3rd-party/#comment-3869 Preshit Sat, 08 Mar 2008 06:03:23 +0000 http://www.watblog.com/2008/03/08/the-iphone-lets-in-the-3rd-party/#comment-3869 Some thoughts: Even though I don't own an iPhone yet, this is indeed BIG news for me. I was following the event live on Gizmodo as well as Engadget. Apple has just released the beta of it's SDK, which is NOT exactly the same as "<b>opening up its Software to the outside develops in order to crowd-source</b> The apps will officially be out in June of this Year ( hopefully ) Each app will have a digital certificate needed. Apps will NOT be sold on the official website, but rather, a nifty utility will be provided on the iPhone 2.0 firmware called the AppStore, the only legit place through which apps can be downloaded and used. Developers can download the SDK from the official Apple Developers site and start working, but they can be only tried on the iPhone Emulator. <b>The SDK is Mac only</b> meaning, only Apple Mac users and developers can develop the apps. Not only that, the SDK is limited to Intel Macs only. To try on the iPhone hardware, you have to pay the $99 fee to Apple. All of the above will not be made available to consumers before June 2008. Now, for the main part. I really think that the above is NOT going to benefit us Indians, or for that matter any SIMFree phone. I don't think you can use the above certified apps on a unlocked phone. So untill India gets an official iPhone, all of the above is a distant dream. Some thoughts:

Even though I don’t own an iPhone yet, this is indeed BIG news for me. I was following the event live on Gizmodo as well as Engadget.

Apple has just released the beta of it’s SDK, which is NOT exactly the same as “opening up its Software to the outside develops in order to crowd-source

The apps will officially be out in June of this Year ( hopefully )

Each app will have a digital certificate needed. Apps will NOT be sold on the official website, but rather, a nifty utility will be provided on the iPhone 2.0 firmware called the AppStore, the only legit place through which apps can be downloaded and used.

Developers can download the SDK from the official Apple Developers site and start working, but they can be only tried on the iPhone Emulator.
The SDK is Mac only meaning, only Apple Mac users and developers can develop the apps. Not only that, the SDK is limited to Intel Macs only.

To try on the iPhone hardware, you have to pay the $99 fee to Apple.

All of the above will not be made available to consumers before June 2008.

Now, for the main part. I really think that the above is NOT going to benefit us Indians, or for that matter any SIMFree phone. I don’t think you can use the above certified apps on a unlocked phone.
So untill India gets an official iPhone, all of the above is a distant dream.

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