We all knew the day was coming where Exchange would be available on the iPhone and applications would be plentiful. Today is the day … well sort of! Apple had a press conference this morning at 10 a.m. at its headquarters in Cupertino. Many new revelations were discussed and it seems that the SDK is going to be a hot product among iPhone users. iPhone users will be able to get these applications from “App Store.” This will be run right into your phone so you can just go into the program, choose the apps you want and download them straight to your phone. Easy as pie.

As this all is good news, there is one downfall. You iPhone lovers won’t be able to get the free software update until June. But hey, it includes the App Store.

“It will again combine the SDK + the new capabilities, there will be a beta release going out today to thousands of developers. We need their fantastic feedback. We’re going to ship this to every iPhone customer in June, and it’s going to be a free software update,” said Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple. “In just a few months every iPhone user will get what they saw today. But there’s another part to this as well: the iPod touch. Everything will run on the iPod touch as well, including enterprise features. We account for the touch differently than we do for the iPhone so there will be a nominal charge for the touch.”

iPhone Games

Of course there will be iPhone games available! The first news of available games are as follows: Touch Fighter, Spore and Super Monkey Ball.

More SDK News

To follow an up-to-date report on the SDK event that announced Apple’s release of the SDK, we found this blog entry to be very useful. It will give you up-to-the-minute reporting and all of the lastest details, quotes and news that happened at this morning’s event.

Live from Apple’s iPhone SDK Press Conference

I guess all I have to do is write a blog about Apple not getting the iPhone software development kit (SDK) out and the next day they respond with an SDK event.  On Thursday, March 6, at 10 a.m. PST the company will hold a meeting at its headquarters in Cupertino to discuss how the iPhone application development will work.

Apple has iPhone users anxious and excited for the release of the SDK that was set to release this month.  According to Apple, some “exciting new enterprise features” will be included in the SDK, which sounds like users will be able to access their corporate e-mail software straight from their iPhone.  Apple is using the event to explain how developers can get their applications on the iPhone.  Although this is exciting news, the actual release date for the rest of us to get our hands on the SDK is still uncertain.

Thank you, Apple … now let us see the software!

Has anyone else noticed that Apple makes big announcements on Tuesdays?  Well Apple did make a big announcement today for the MacBook, but not the Apple iPhone announcement that we have been anxiously waiting for.  It was rumored that Apple would be releasing an official software development kit (SDK) in February that would allow third parties to create applications that would run directly on the iPhone.  Well here it is February 26, and still no SDK for the iPhone.

Rumors are just that, rumors, but I’ve heard that the release of the SDK would be delayed until March and other predictions say that the initial SDK might only be an alpha or beta release, with a full version SDK coming later this year at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference.

More In-depth with SDK

Back in October, Apple CEO Steve Jobs said, “We are excited about creating a vibrant third party developer community around the iPhone and enabling hundreds of new applications for our users.”  From a developer’s standpoint, the SDK could be created several ways and that is why there is such anticipation for the release of the SDK.  Apple could be completely conservative and have high security settings thus allowing fewer applications, or creating an “open” operating system which would require no digital signature and any application could be created for the OS.  Of course, there are variations of this release and once again, a rumor says that Apple’s SDK would require any application bound for an iPhone to carry a digital certificate that would verify that the application was created to meet certain standards for security and reliability.  Presumably, Apple will update OS X to lock out unofficial applications when the SDK is officially released, but previous updates haven’t proven to be a deterrent yet.

So what could an SDK do for iPhone users?

Well, an SDK could do a lot of things.  It all depends on which way Apple takes this update.  If Apple goes tough on the SDK, it could wipe all of your applications off of your home screen and make you pay for an official SDK.  If Apple went light, it would allow you to have any application you want, but has the drawback of security and reliability issues.  And if Apple went right down the middle, it seems to be the best of both worlds.  You could have access to powerful applications that would allow you a much improved experience with your iPhone.  Just think, you could have access to your corporation’s e-mail server, you could have flash-based web pages, and even access to fun games that would use the iPhone accelerometer and touch screen.

Apple developers … how much longer do I have to wait?

Well I know I am excited for the release of an SDK for iPhone, but now the question is how much longer do I have to wait?  Once Apple releases an SDK, it could really boom business at an unprecedented rate because people will finally have access to the applications that they want and need.  So come on Apple, haven’t we waited long enough?

 The news section of cnet.com was referenced in writing this blog post.  To view the article, please visit:  http://www.news.com/8301-13579_3-9878784-37.html