BusinessWeek reports iPhone SDK will be late
By Ryan Block 
posted Feb 22nd 2008 11:57PM
posted Feb 22nd 2008 11:57PM
With seven days left in the month to announce the iPhone SDK, BusinessWeek is reporting that a reliable source has it that Apple will be delaying officially sanctioned 3rd party apps, making it late by between one to three weeks. Yes, it would absolutely suck -- but there's always Ziphone.
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
LOL...funny enough, that was my exact reaction. :-)
THEY LIE!!!
Disclamer: Arik Hesseldahl does not own AAPL. Yet.
If this keeps the macbook pro from updating, I'm probably going to kill myself. I've been waiting for so long for it to do so, I had a four hour dream last night about finally ordering it. And that's overwhelmingly sad.
I don't get the connection between the iPhone SDK and the Macbook Pro refresh. You mean just if there are any shared resources between the two? I'd guess that's not the case, but who knows.
Just buy a Macbook Pro already. *that's* how you'll know when the refresh happens. It'll be the day after. :)
My theory is that they're delaying the MBP refresh to prevent a Mac Geek Riot because of all the people who bought one on October 26th like myself. I have my sword here.
It's probably just going to be the same thing with a multitouch trackpad, Penryn, and some minor changes like getting rid of that magnetic latch.
@ waiownsyou
You mean adding that magnetic latch? Getting rid of the *mechanical* latch.
That's funny monkfishbandana, but the new MacBook Pro will get more than a magnetic latch [and better damn well get that]. Updated outer enclosure [damn well needs one], Air-like keyboard [way better than Pro's current keyboard], LED backlight display [on the 17"], large trackpad with those extra gestures, even thinner and possibly lighter, faster processor, better graphics card, and a SSD option?
If you were sleeping there is no way to tell how long a dream is/was, most freams although they seem to go all night, happen in just minutes...the duration that is....FYI. I read that somewhere, not trying to get up in your "dream Grill" LOL, good luck on the Mac Book Pro!!
Faslane
You have got to be kidding about them replacing the current nice MBP with the craptacular MB one. They are stupid idiots running that company, but they aren't that stupid.
Screw that. I lost my jail break for some good 3rd party apps.
well, it already was late.
not much surprise there from consumer-hating cashthirsty apple.
i have an iphone but i hate apple.
We were promised that the sdk would be hear around February, way back in November, and it wasn't really mentioned at MacWorld, so I'm pretty sure that the sdk was bound to be late. I'm rather apathetic about this, I mean you should only be sad and bawling right now if you haven't jailbroken your iPhone or iTouch.
Or even not. I did the 1.1.1 jailbreak and played with a few apps but never really got any use out of anything, so I applied 1.1.2 knowing it would break my jailbreak.
Honestly, I haven't missed it.
I don't doubt I'll love some of the third-party apps once they're available, but I just use it for what it is and never have to worry about the thing flaking out or a software update whacking my apps. That's why I bought an iPhone. If I wanted something I had to worry about crashing all the time, I'd have kept my WM5 phone.
all i ever wanteded since kindergarten is a cut and paste mod.
but yeah i have 1.1.1 JB and i hardly use any of the extras. i finally tried voice notes but it crashed my phone -- the only app to blatantly due so thus far. don't really need file management stuff personally; too clunky and hax0ry anyway. thought being able to customize the springboard is nice... i mean who needs stock.app you glorified gamblers? =)
well after seeing the dev teams accomplishments and ZiPhone, iBrickr, iFuntastic and other apps, I don't really worry about the updates. However I digress, in my past statement I wasn't implying that we don't need an sdk from Apple, but that jailbreakers don't have to worry too much about it being delayed.
I'll second that. Apart from the book reader application and some Summerboard themes that I designed myself (http://jyopp.com/iphone.php), I haven't come across anything really compelling from the third-party apps so far.
I'm working on an application myself that should have broad appeal, but I'm kind of letting it languish. It will be advantageous for it to sync with the desktop, which is one thing I won't be able to do without the official SDK and docs. I don't want to choose one kind of database and then find out it won't work with the iSync conduits, or find out that Apple is adding Core Data support with the SDK update.
Colour me surprised!
isnt it already oh... a year late?
the iPhone has only been out for 8 months
Well played, sir.
@CharlesCharles
exactly..? software in time for iphone launch?
Still waiting on my new MBP, at this point I've lost hope for my iPhone and bought an N95-3 simply because I don't believe Apple is the least bit dependable when it comes to crap like this.
So what's it gonna be Mr. Jobs? Jan...Feb..March...later? By the time this SDK is out, it's anyone's guess that the 3G iPhone will be as well (I overexaggerate, but really...this is getting annoying).
Dude, it's only 1 to 2 weeks.
Ironically, you included the phrase "crap like this" in your post.
I hope Steve won't pull a vista on us.
You mean a Leopard don't you?
nah, leopard wasn't delayed as long as vista. vista/longhorn was first previewed in 2003, and finally released (after they started from scratch again) in 2007. it was 2 years late at least.
It used to be if Apple announced something ahead of time, they always delivered early (Tiger, switch to Intel, etc) . Not sure if they achieved the goals early or if they set the time longer than anticipated so they looked good but I'd much rather Apple set the date out 3 months later and then ship it "early" than the seemingly painful trend of announcing a date and then pushing it back.
@John Doe: I hope he pulls a leopard instead of a vista on us. 2 to 3 weeks without removing promised features is okay but 4 years and remove half of the intended features would really be a disgrace.
well we're still waiting for the "revolutionary secret features" steve promised for leopard, but didn't publish so that "microsoft couldn't xerox them". or maybe they are in leopard 1.5.2, but no-one knows about them because they're still top secret?
And still Leopard is/was buggy as hell, IMHO as bad as Vista. At least on Vista I didn't have to reboot to get fucking wireless to work. (Which is still an issu with even 10.5.2) At least on vista I wasn't having issues with crashing when I changed wifi 2 Ethernet, changed the location and bam....instant and perm lockup. I removed Leopard and installed Vista /w RC SP1.
I'm so damn sick of you fucking fanbois. You NEVER take Apple to task for any of their failures. Is it any wonder why QC has dropped substantially over the last 7 years? You fanbois tolerate shit from them and they know it
Less buggy than Vista and i don't need to reboot to get onto wifi. Maybe you should try Leopard on a mac instead of trying to run it on a dell.
so i have a question. is the sdk apps going to be free? im considering getting the iphone when they release this, but im not going to pay for any programs
I think some will be free, and you'll have to pay for some. It should be like any other platform, like Windows Mobile or Palm OS.
3rd party apps like the rumoured tomtom would float my boat.
Trolls are so totally into spam. Hey, whatever floats your boat: 17news@gmail.com
No!!!!!!
Another 3 weeks, stuck to the Mac, what am i going to do?!?!
Lol
I think i shall play some sport and dream of my iPod touch having many apps!
woop woop
If you think about it, evrything for Apple has been a bit late =/, im not dissin them.
Ever heard of jailbreaking your iPod?..
On Tuesday 26th Feb, the exciting new release will be a new beige colour for the iPod Shuffle.
Great, more waiting.
ZiPhone sucks.
Check the source code - even the newest revision in the SVN does not fully verify that the ramdisk is sitting. So if something goes wrong - you're going to fuck your baseband and bootloader.
Ziphone is made from stolen code of the dev team and geohot.
Zibri sucks. Ziphone sucks. Use at your own risk and hope your phone doesn't screw up.
I love a lot of what mac does, but how they lock down the iPhone just makes me laugh. However, I've just bought a sprint mogul now and when combined with EV-DO (soon to be rev A) and the Skyfire browser (when it comes out shortly) it will more than be a match for the iPhone (well, in some ways, in features it will kick it's butt). That will keep me for another year till Android comes out and mops the floor with all the Operating Systems on the market.
im so sorry engadget....watcha guys gonna do for 7 more days.
i guess maybe bore us to death with 70 posts about apples future plans?
no. 70 posts about HD DVD dying
yeah man........dude this site for some reason has a habit of holding on to things and shredding it into 70 pieces !!!
This is why people jailbreak their iphones/ipod touch I don't want to pay apple. I'd rather donate to the people who make awsome apps for free.
FUD You Business Week.
@ "austin" and "guerilla779: (lamers btw..)
okay sssho%#s, if you don't like the Engadget posts about Apple (I'm not a fan boy, either) don't come here!!! it's THAT simple! You must be stupid...obviously!
You could be spending your valuable (doubhtful) time browsing the web somewhere else instead of bashing all their efforts. Better yet, get off (or on actually) your lame asses and create your own website, then you can moderate thousands of posts and strip out everything that only YOU don't want to read about.
bunch of babies, what are you 2 years old?
Faslane Out!
Dude.
Switch to decaf.
I love my iPhone, buy my buddy has a VZW XV6800 with some pretty cool apps. He was showing me his Slingbox portal a week or so ago, it was awesome. He was watching the TV signal from his house on his phone. My iPhone has a better ipod/music player functionality then his PDA, but he did have some really cool stuff. All in all, it really illustrated to me how much the iPhone was closed off by restricting 3rd party apps. 3G would help things like the Slingbox app, and I knew that I'd be missing out on that from the onset. But Apple needs to loosen up if they expect to stay competitive. My advice is that they better get the SDK out relatively soon, enable A2DP, contract a 3rd party to create a GPS fob to plug into the bottom, get better integration with Google apps (good start with Gmail, not do the same with Google Calender), and not be such a pain in the ass when working with other 3rd party developers/manufacturers. If they keep moving along with the chip on their shoulder like they have been, I can say that the iPhone will be the last piece of Apple hardware I buy.
Sure. Sounds totally believable. And, Apple is shaking in its boots.
Believe me or not, I sure as heck don't care. And Apple "shaking in their boots" isn't a care of mine either. This is just my take on things, take it or leave it.
...roole honestly, what was the point of your comment? Did I say something that you didn't like? Are you an Apple evangelist? Seriously, my wife and I each have an iPhone. We love them. But I'm not fool enough to pretend that they're perfect, and improvement can only occur where deficiencies are identified. The iPhone has room for improvement, and I hope to see that improvement take place. However, I'm not going to take crap and pretend it's "A-Ok".
And if your skeptical as to what a Slingbox does, check out this link:
http://www.slingmedia.com/go/slingbox-pro
Ryan, where's the follow up to the Foleo hands on review?
While I'm disappointed about this, it's not really that big a deal. If it's just 1-3 weeks in order for them to perfect the SDK that doesn't bother me all that much. If it gets too much longer than that, like a month or two, that would be a major bummer.
Since we know select developers got early access to the SDK, I wonder what the delay could be. Is it possible Apple is developing some software upgrades of their own that are taking some time (ie, ichat)
I hate waiting
i mostly like my iphone, but like user newgalactic, i too see all the things WM6 can do, and it's frustrating that the iphone can't do...any of those things. shoot, i can even get into the files on my sony ericssons and they're nothing special. it's amazing to me how much you CAN'T do with the iphone. i have high hopes for the SDK and i'll gladly pay for apps. for now, i'm jailbroken, but most of the free apps are buggy, don't on 1.1.3 or are completely lame. customize and summerboard are great, once you figure out how to get them to work on 1.1.3.
i am also amazed how many people just accept whatever apples gives (or doesn't give) to them. i mean it's great that you like your iphone, and for some people, sure it's a perfect phone, but anyone who really knows cellphones knows the iphone falls short in many areas.
I'm really getting tired of comments lambasting Apple for not putting this feature or that widget or that blah, blah, blah... on the iPhone. All apple promised was a good iPod player, good phone (you know, when u wanna talk to someone), and good Internet browser. If you like the feature set, buy it. If you don't, piss off. And please stop comparing it with Windows Mobile phones. For God's sake, WM is the worst POS ever! It's clunky, junky, slow, and did i mention clunky yet? It's perfect for people who like to have all the damn apps in the world and don't care how unusable the whole mess is. the iPhone UI is elegant, FAST and damned intuitive. It's for people who care about getting the apps they do have to work for them. I've used WM PDAs and phones before, and believe me, they can't even be compared to the Palm OS - which was last updated probably 5 years ago. Enough already.