Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Mike Mace: "The iPhone SDK: Apple gets it right"
Posted by Janak Parekh in "THE COMPETITION" @ 06:15 PM
"I have time tonight for only a quick note on Apple's iPhone software developer kit announcement. Overall, it is deeply impressive how many things Apple got right. We still need to see more details on terms and conditions, and a lot will depend on Apple's execution, but here are the problems they appear to have solved..."
I think Mike Mace has hit the nail on some of the stuff Apple has done. By mobile stores' standards, 30% is a great cut, and having a centralized app store is a killer way of encouraging application adoption by end-users. The biggest downside of the iPhone--its closed and controlling parent company--can also be its biggest upside, as Apple can develop new solutions as quickly as they want. It remains to be seen how well the SDK works, and some of the limitations, such as "one app at a time", worry me. Still, I suspect it's going to be a great success, and I would have liked Microsoft to come up with mobile downloads a long time ago. They certainly had the technology. :|
I think Mike Mace has hit the nail on some of the stuff Apple has done. By mobile stores' standards, 30% is a great cut, and having a centralized app store is a killer way of encouraging application adoption by end-users. The biggest downside of the iPhone--its closed and controlling parent company--can also be its biggest upside, as Apple can develop new solutions as quickly as they want. It remains to be seen how well the SDK works, and some of the limitations, such as "one app at a time", worry me. Still, I suspect it's going to be a great success, and I would have liked Microsoft to come up with mobile downloads a long time ago. They certainly had the technology. :|
