Business Functionality Buzz Heats Up for iPhone
With the blogosphere rife with speculation about a third-generation Apple
iPhone slated for June, application developers are dealing with the realities
of how to get the most out of the next version of the popular device's software
development kit. Apple showed off the first
publicly available version of the iPhone SDK on March 6, and developers are
getting their feet wet. The company outlined the enterprise-friendly features of the SDK, the
included development tools and Apple's plan to help third parties distribute
their applications. The iPhone 2.0 operating system update for users, Apple
said, will be available in June at no charge. Some companies haven't waited for the SDK's arrival before getting to work
on business applications. Mir3, for
example, develops software in the "Intelligent
Notification" market to provide immediate messaging applications and
services for large companies. Prior to March 6, Mir3 had "already effectively designed a business
application for the iPhone that essentially turns it into an urgent message
delivery device, increasing the iPhone's value for enterprise users that need
to communicate mission-critical information," said Frank Mahdavi, the
company's chief strategy officer. Read the full article at eWEEK.
