Ohhhh… Apple vuelve a tener que rectificar ante una muy mala decisión, Steve Jobs anuncia en la página de Apple que darán acceso para instalar aplicaciones de terceras personas y que lanzarán un SDK para los desarrolladores y crearlas para el iPhone e iPod Touch.

Respirar profundo y gritar bien fuerte aquí: ¡SI, JOD*R!

En una pequeña nota que acaba de aparecer ahora en la sección de noticias, hace referencia a los avances que Nokia esta haciendo para sus nuevos terminales con unas nuevas aplicaciones mejoradas que dan más juego a un teléfono, sin olvidarnos de su publicidad que la he debido herir la sensibilidad a Jobs.

Jobs anuncia que estará disponible el SDK para todo aquel que quiera desarrollar aplicaciones para el iPhone y para el iPod Touch en Febrero de 2008… vale, algo malo tenía que tener la noticia. Lo realmente positivo, aun sin decirlo en la nota, es que se ven obligados a abrir algo que los hackers con bastante esfuerzo ya han hecho, ahora solo falta una actualización del firmware del iPhone para poder ver que posibilidades hay. Rectificar es de sabios, pero hombre, Febrero… También lo comentamos en AppleWeblog.

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. [Oct 17, 2007]

Enlace: Apple HotNews