What's truly revolutionary about iPhone apps is the fact that it is easy for any organization to develop iPhone software through a development vendor like Appiction. An entire suite of development tools is available in the iPhone software development kit (SDK). Companies are getting into the business of iPhone applications now more than ever because a popular app can be a great income generator. Entrepreneurs and innovators need only think of something they would like to do with their iPhone and then find an app development company. When the application is finished, it is sold online at the Apple iPhone application store.

The iPhone SDK ushered in a new era of iPhone application development. Suddenly, developers were no longer constrained by what they could do with AJAX web applications. Now that there was a native language and development environment for the iPhone, the process of creating applications and testing them became much easier. The iPhone SDK even came with a special iPhone simulator that allows developers to test their programs on a virtual iPhone so they can be absolutely certain that an application works on the iPhone before they release it to the public.

With the release of the iPhone app software development kit (SDK), developers are able to create applications for the iPhone with much less hassle. In the past, development was done using AJAX alone, and iPhone application development proceeded as if the applications were a mere extension of previous web applications. Over time, it was determined that these kinds of web applications do not run fast enough on the iPhone. When the SDK was released, it gave a native language and environment to iPhone application development. This has greatly sped up the iphone application development process.

Another change with the introduction of the SDK that really made a difference is the inclusion of the iPhone simulator. This little program allows developers to test the software they create for the iPhone. It is a huge time saver because developers no longer have to load their new apps onto the iPhone every time they test them. Now they are confident that whatever they test on the iPhone simulator will work exactly as it does on the simulator when they load it onto a real iPhone. With so much less overhead and the introduction of a native development environment, the door is now wide open for all kinds of innovative and practical iPhone applications.

Over time, more companies will be getting into creating and selling iPhone applications. All of this is a part of a larger revolution in portable computing. The iPhone truly is one of the first devices that takes computing out of the office and into our everyday lives. Its open development platform is accelerating this change as competition drives the release of new and increasingly useful applications on an everyday basis. The future of computing lies in portable technologies. We plan on being here to usher it in as we take application development for mobile to the next level.