At yesterdays D Conference, Walt Mossberg and Steve Jobs sat down and talked a little about the iPhone. One of the questions was about 3rd party applications for the iPhone. Jobs hinted at the possibility of third-party applications as soon as Apple deals with security and making sure that nothing will crash the iPhone or allow it to be hacked.
Steve Jobs: "I think sometime later this year we will find a way to let third parties write apps and still preserve security. But until we can find that way, we can’t compromise the security of the phone. Nobody’s perfect, but we sure don’t want our phone to crash. We would like to solve this problem, if you could be just a little more patient with us, I think everyone can get what they want."
