Now that's something which was much awaited...finally apple decided to bring up III party softwares to survive in this competitive world. Apple will be planning this event later next week and this is the second out of the two events that it will be hosting the first one being a shareholders meeting.
This move by apple can be a dream come true for developers who were creating applications for IPhone from the very beginning of its entry to the smartphone world.
Developers will either be thrilled, annoyed, or perplexed depending on how Apple decides to define "an advanced and open platform." The company has a few choices: it can allow unfettered access to the iPhone to anyone, it can allow anyone to develop applications for the iPhone but only those applications that have been digitally signed by Apple or a certification authority can be installed on the iPhone, or it can be the sole arbiter over who can create applications and what can be installed on the iPhone. There are also shades of gray within those scenarios, which leads to a lot of speculation on what exactly Apple has in mind.
Apple was considering an application development model used by other members of the smartphone community, notably Nokia. This model would require any application bound for an iPhone to carry a digital certificate that would verify whether the application was created to meet certain standards for security and reliability. In this system, if you tried to install an application on the iPhone, the iPhone's OS X operating system would check for that digital certificate and either allow or prohibit the application from being installed.
I see it a very good move for the future of the phone. This will only improve the quality of service provided by the phone and provide a consumer a better and user friendly product.
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