Interesting news -- Apple promises release of iPhone SDK, Nokia introduces S60 touch interface:

http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/nokias-s60-touch-interfac... http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/6089_S60_Touch_Inte...

Related?

(Don't know if S60 means anything to people in the US, but it is the major smartphone platform in Europe and Asia)

Great! I've been attempting to develop iPhone applications using the unofficial toolchain, but it hasn't been easy considering the complete lack of documentation and smorgasboard of new/different frameworks. While, in some respects, it's very similar to programming on Mac OS X with Objective-C and some of the same Cocoa frameworks, the interface frameworks are completely different.

It will be nice to get an Apple supported solution.

I knew it was just a matter of time before Apple opened up the phone for outside developers. I don't understand why everyone blamed Apple for trying to monopolize the phone. When a company just enters the mobile business you have to cut them some slack and give them credit for doing a few things well instead of trying to cram everything into the initial release.

This is great. I think the capabilities of the iphone touch screen system are gonna make for some great gaming possibilities that we haven't seen before. I know I've got some ideas already at least.

Just pointing out why the GPLv3 is nothing but a pointless complication: as long as your app doesn't come installed on the iPhone by default, it can be licensed GPLv3; Apple can sign the binary, and, as the iPhone is the only platform your app is made for, you bypass the whole 'tivoization' clause.

Loopt is going to have to go on the offensive for the next few months if it wants to remain the top player in its space once the barriers to entry are lowered. I wonder how this will shake out.

I had just read this on an investment board a few minutes ago. This rocks.

The benevolent dictator shows more signs of goodwill towards his subjects.