Apple’s iPhone SDK beta will include Apple as “gatekeeper”

The Standard — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:36:01 -0800

While not nearly as dramatic as some of the rumors suggested, Apple will indeed be a "gatekeeper" of SDK-based software releases. The apps are only to be distributed through iTunes, and there will be some approvals set in place (no porn, no malicious app, etc.) but mainly for legal reasons. Overall, Apple's decision sounds relatively open, as long as you go through iTunes and carve out 30% of your sales. -- The Industry Standard

Jeremy Horwitz over at iLounge recently wrote that the “most controversial aspect of Apple’s SDK plan is its intention to formally approve or deny all SDK-based software releases for its devices.”

Silicon Alley Insider even goes so far as to say that “Apple's stamp of approval could be the most restrictive in the smartphone industry.”

The corollary, espoused throughout the blogosphere, is that this decision will dramatically favor applications from larger companies. Why? Because Apple will be overwhelmed with requests from the outset, and will thus give priority to organizations with a larger footprint as part of the triage.

On a related note, PC World outlines the 25 native iPhone apps they’d most like to see.

This is a prediction that Apple’s forthcoming iPhone SDK will require that Apple explicitly approve any applications before they are offered to users (most likely through the iTunes application interface). It will be judged on March 6, 2008.

Apple’s iPhone SDK beta will include Apple as “gatekeeper”

The Standard — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:36:01 -0800

Silicon Alley Insider even goes so far as to say that “Apple's stamp of approval could be the most restrictive in the smartphone industry.”

On a related note, PC World outlines the 25 native iPhone apps they’d most like to see.

Apple’s iPhone SDK beta will include Apple as “gatekeeper”

The Standard — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:36:01 -0800

Silicon Alley Insider even goes so far as to say that “Apple's stamp of approval could be the most restrictive in the smartphone industry.”

On a related note, PC World outlines the 25 native iPhone apps they’d most like to see.

Apple’s iPhone SDK beta will include Apple as “gatekeeper”

The Standard — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:36:01 -0800

Silicon Alley Insider even goes so far as to say that “Apple's stamp of approval could be the most restrictive in the smartphone industry.”

On a related note, PC World outlines the 25 native iPhone apps they’d most like to see.

Apple’s iPhone SDK beta will include Apple as “gatekeeper”

The Standard — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:36:01 -0800

Silicon Alley Insider even goes so far as to say that “Apple's stamp of approval could be the most restrictive in the smartphone industry.”

On a related note, PC World outlines the 25 native iPhone apps they’d most like to see.