Apple Announces: Already 100,000 SDK Downloads

by Jody Mitoma on March 13, 2008 at 1:12 am

100,000 SDK Downloads

Apple, earlier yesterday, announced that over 100,000 developers have downloaded the iPhone SDK off of the Apple website itself.

In the words of Apple themselves:

CUPERTINO, California—March 12, 2008—Apple® today announced that more than 100,000 iPhone™ developers have downloaded the beta iPhone Software Development Kit (SDK) in the first four days since its launch on March 6. The iPhone SDK provides developers with the same rich set of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and tools that Apple uses to create its native applications for iPhone and iPod® touch.

“Developer reaction to the iPhone SDK has been incredible with more than 100,000 downloads in the first four days,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “Also, over one million people have watched the launch video on Apple.com, further demonstrating the incredible interest developers have in creating applications for the iPhone.”

This could only mean that we’ve got a lot of developers working on a lot of developments for future release. I am very anxious for the June release of the App Store.

As if that weren’t good enough, Engadget has some more news:

Nevertheless, the real news from the Apple camp is that companies such as Namco and PopCap are apparently on board to bring titles such as Pac-man, Galaga, Bejeweled, Zuma and Peggle to the iPod touch / iPhone via App Store. Furthermore, Six Apart’s CEO admitted that it’s already developing a “native iPhone application for TypePad,” and the VP of THQ Wireless implied that we’d be seeing some of its wares surface here as well. As for release dates? Your guess is as good as ours.

Update:
TUAW states the following companies are also working on software for the iPhone / iPod Touch:

Intuit (of Quicken fame) which wants “to create powerful iPhone applications.”

NetSuite, developer of SuitePhone (CRM software similar to salesforce.com).

Nice! Things will only get better from here on in, folks.

(Sources: Apple, via Engadget)

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