Apple opens iPhone to 3rd party applications with an official SDK

By Jonathan S. Geller

Published Oct 17th, 2007 11:33AM EDT

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We can’t believe it either — Apple is finally letting us in on their secret iPhone sauce! They’re still figuring out how to actually go about this, since mobile threats like viruses, malware, and other nasty things might target the iPhone. Steve Jobs actually drops a Nokia compliment, saying how their digitally signed 3rd party apps make it easy to protect end-users from these types of attacks since the developers have a proven track record. Yes the SDK will also work for the iPod Touch. We’re looking at February here, so let’s get to building that time machine!

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Jonathan S. Geller founded Boy Genius Report, now known as BGR, in 2006. It became the biggest mobile news destination in the world by the end of 2009, and BGR was acquired by leading digital media company PMC in April 2010.

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What started as a side project at the age of 16, quickly transpired into 24-hour days and nights of sharing exclusive and breaking news about the mobile communications industry. BGR now reaches up to 100 million readers a month through the website, syndication partners, and additional channels.