UPDATE: Since writing this blog post I've had a lot of comments and emails pointing out that this SDK is for web development. I clearly didn't make it clear enough in my posting. But the point I'm making is that calling what is essentially a web design guideline an SDK is somewhat overstating a case and that releasing a simply guideline would have been more appropriate. That was my point. Hope that clears up the matter.

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Well, after a turn around and then a little hype the iPhone SDK has finally hit the streets.

Apple have sent me (and ADC member) a link to get hold of the SDK, including a link for iTunes training videos.

So far it's been pretty much a rolling advert to get an iPhone. It's a remarkeable device.

When I get a chance I'll look into this. But not having an iPhone and being in the UK. I'll not get too excited.

But there's a problem. These are NOT native applications. These are applications that run 'from YOUR website'. The guides are merely to describe how to design the web applications for best practice.

In fact, even a quick glimps of the demo code shows they are HTML and JavaScript based applications.

Basically, this IS NOT an SDK to develop applications to run natively on the iPhone.

So is anybody else disappointed?

You'll need to get a free ADC account to see this page. Should you want to bother

Tags: apple, iphone