Apple Changes Mind About Third Party Support
 

*Source: DailyTech (http://www.dailytech.com/Apple+Chang...icle9322.htm)*
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Apple Inc. CEO, Steve Jobs posted a letter on Apple's website that left some happy and others scratching their heads. "Let me just say it: We want native third party applications on the iPhone, and we plan to have an SDK in developers’ hands in February," Jobs stated in the letter.

This announcement seems in stark contrast to previous Apple policy, including its firmware update v1.1.1, which turns iPhones and iPod Touches with unauthorized third party applications into "iBricks" and in standard phones locks the file system from users installing third party applications. This update has led to two pending class action lawsuits.

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