In a letter posted on Apple Inc.'s Web site Wednesday, chief executive Steve Jobs said software developers will now be allowed to make so-called native applications for the iPhone.
"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," Jobs wrote. "We are excited about creating a vibrant third party developer community around the iPhone and enabling hundreds of new applications for our users. With our revolutionary multi-touch interface, powerful hardware and advanced software architecture, we believe we have created the best mobile platform ever for developers."
Cupertino-based Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) had said earlier that programmers would only be allowed to create iPhone applications that would run through the product's Web browser, thus eliminating independent programs that could be stored locally on the iPhone.
In September, Apple said it found that many unauthorized iPhone unlocking programs available on the Internet "cause irreparable damage to the iPhone's software," and warned that using those programs "will likely result in the modified iPhone becoming permanently inoperable when a future Apple-supplied iPhone software update is installed."
Jobs said an SDK won't be released until February "because we're trying to do two diametrically opposed things at once -- provide an advanced and open platform to developers while at the same time protect iPhone users from viruses, malware, privacy attacks, etc."
Jobs said the SDK will also allow developers to create applications for iPod touch.
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