Apple has finally released the highly anticipated SDK for iPhone’s and iPod touch. To download them you need an apple developer account head over to:
http://developer.apple.com/ and sign up for an account.
Requirements:
- Mac OS X Leopard
- An Intel-based Mac
- Xcode
- a free Apple iPhone developer account and the SDK itself — note that access to the SDK is not going to cost you ninety-nine bucks. It’s free, though getting the application approved and out onto devices will set you back the $99.
Aplle will also be releasing Firmware 2.0 in June, including an app store and were hoping to see alot of apps available form the start, and several Enterprise level updates, such as:
- Push Email
- Push Calender
- Push Contacts
- Remote Wipe
- 802.x
For full details of the SDK and Firmware 2.0 check out the apple presentation video of when it was all unveiled
Firmware 2.0 will be free for iPhone users to upgrade but will cost a “nominal” fee for iPod touch users “due to accounting being different”. We would suspect 2.0 to come with the additional iPhone apps that were released in January for $20 to iPod touch users, so if your planning on buying those we suggest you hang on until June.