October 17th, 2007 | Posted by JR Ordonez 2 comments
Steve Jobs confirms native 3rd party apps for iPhone & iPod touch
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.
That’s the first line from a note posted in Apple’s Hot News by the Steve himself. Looks like the app community for our beloved ‘touches is about to get a lot more interesting.
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Um… I’m confused that Steve Jobs would say this. “Native third party” is a contradiction. A native app is by definition not third party. I don’t get it.
There is no contradiction here.
“Third party” refers to an app that is not developed by (in this case) Apple and/or not part of the base installation.
“Native” simply refers to a compiled app that *installs and runs* natively/locally on the system (not a web app that is only accessible via a network on Safari).
Steve is saying that Apple wants third parties to develop applications that you can install on the iPhone and ‘touch.