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After a few months of no official stance on an iPhone SDK and trying to convince us that web applications were enough of a SDK, Apple has announced that they will release an official SDK for native iPhone/iPod Touch applications by February ‘08.

Here’s the statement from Apple:

Third Party Applications on the iPhone

Let me just say it: We want native third party applications on the iPhone, and we plan to have an SDK in developers’ hands in February. We are excited about creating a vibrant third party developer community around the iPhone and enabling hundreds of new applications for our users. With our revolutionary multi-touch interface, powerful hardware and advanced software architecture, we believe we have created the best mobile platform ever for developers.

It will take until February to release an SDK because we’re trying to do two diametrically opposed things at once—provide an advanced and open platform to developers while at the same time protect iPhone users from viruses, malware, privacy attacks, etc. This is no easy task. Some claim that viruses and malware are not a problem on mobile phones—this is simply not true. There have been serious viruses on other mobile phones already, including some that silently spread from phone to phone over the cell network. As our phones become more powerful, these malicious programs will become more dangerous. And since the iPhone is the most advanced phone ever, it will be a highly visible target.

Some companies are already taking action. Nokia, for example, is not allowing any applications to be loaded onto some of their newest phones unless they have a digital signature that can be traced back to a known developer. While this makes such a phone less than “totally open,” we believe it is a step in the right direction. We are working on an advanced system which will offer developers broad access to natively program the iPhone’s amazing software platform while at the same time protecting users from malicious programs.

We think a few months of patience now will be rewarded by many years of great third party applications running on safe and reliable iPhones.

Steve

P.S.: The SDK will also allow developers to create applications for iPod touch.

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This is a super-fast completion of the challenge stage #13 in Portal. This is easily my most-anticipated game ever and it has lived up to my expectations. After beating it in only a couple hours, I hope they release more maps/content soon.

The Portal-fu is strong with this one.

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This has been around the gaming blogs for a bit, but I had to post it here because its so damn cool.

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Last Saturday night Jessie and I went out to Texas Roadhouse for dinner.  She put our name in and the hostess told us to watch for “213″.  I thought that was a little strange and we sat down.  There were a couple LED screens with room for up to six three-digit numbers.  I didn’t know what to think.  I don’t think I’ve ever been to a place that has treated their customers so impersonally.  Does this bother anybody else?

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Jess has her own Xbox Live Gamertag now:

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