To all the mighty iPhone devs and hackers, rejoice! Apple notices you!
Speaking to editors of PC Magazine, Greg Joswiak, Apple hardware marketing cheif said that Apple takes a "neutral stance" on the native third-party iPhone applications.
From Gearlog.com:
I find that the iPhone development folks out there add so much more functionality to my phone. I'd really love to see Apple embrace this movement because it can only help them in the long run.
Speaking to editors of PC Magazine, Greg Joswiak, Apple hardware marketing cheif said that Apple takes a "neutral stance" on the native third-party iPhone applications.
From Gearlog.com:
"I asked him about independent, native software development for the iPhone. He said Apple doesn't oppose native application development, which was new to me. Rather, Apple takes a neutral stance - they're not going to stop anyone from writing apps, and they're not going to maliciously design software updates to break the native apps, but they're not going to care if their software updates accidentally break the native apps either. He very carefully left the door open to a further change in this policy, too, saying that Apple is always re-examining its perspective on these sorts of things."To sum up the meeting: Apple will neither support nor forbid native code on the iPhone or iPod Touch, but they will not design software updates specifically to break native apps but if the updates do break them, too bad.
I find that the iPhone development folks out there add so much more functionality to my phone. I'd really love to see Apple embrace this movement because it can only help them in the long run.
