Apple has added development guidelines for iPhone applications to the Developer Connection part of its website.
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Apple has added development guidelines for iPhone applications to the Developer Connection part of its website.
Steve Jobs announced yesterday at the Worldwide Developers Conference that software developers will be able to create web applications that run on the iPhone’s Safari browser.
In other words, the only third-party “applications” you’ll be able to run on your iPhone are web sites. For now, the iPhone will not support third-party standalone applications or widgets.
Apple “is wrestling with” the idea of allowing third-party software on the iPhone, according to Steve Jobs at an Apple shareholders meeting in Cupertino yesterday. I’m on vacation now, so more on this later. Ciao from Italy!
John, a Macenstein reader, stumbled upon this “Scenario Poker” widget on the Apple site, which suggests in its description that it may be iPhone’s first third party application:
