Jailbroken and SDK phones will exist concurrently. O’Reilly?
O’Reilly has published a book by Jonathan Zdziarski (the writer of NES.app for the iPhone and a premium iPhone hacker). It describes how to jailbreak and install BSD applications and programmes using the iPhone APIs. The book assumes that the SDK will be a completely different concept, separating “open” hacking from officially sanctioned hacking. If you’re looking for some SDK experience, or want to see your own code running on an iPhone, then this is the book for you.
It’ll be interesting to see how the Apple-sanctioned developers fair against the jailbroken iPhones. There are so many limitations placed on those who can actually get into the iPhone Developer program (apps can’t run in the background, no access to file servers etc.) that the unsanctioned apps may struggle to set the world on fire.
Buy it here: Amazon
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