Apple have for some time promised there software development kit (SDK) for the iPhone. But today Apple launched it at a special event at Apple's headquarters in Cupertino.
Apple announced that they will target enterprise customers with a lot of new features on the iPhone. One of the most wanted features support for Native Microsoft Exchange is coming in the next firmware update and also these:
- Push email and contacts
- Global Address list
- Cisco IPsec VPN
- Certificates and Identities
- Enterprise Class Wi-Fi (WPA2 / 802.1x)
- Enforced Security Policies
- Device Configuration
- Remote wipe
They also revealed the iPhone SDK that now today for third-party developers. In the SDK also is the iPhones API Cocoa Touch, Core Services, Media and Core OS. Developers can use Xcode to create and debug applications. With Xcode come a source editor, integrated documentation and a remote debugger.
The SDK is free for developers and you can get it here, but it cost $99 to publish an application to the iTunes App Store. If the developer make there application free it cost nothing for hosting and processing, but if the developer take a charge for the program, Apple will take a 30% cut of the purchase price.
Apple Launches iPhone SDK, iPhone 2.0 Update Coming in June
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