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	Apple Almost Lost It, But Makes Guesture Toward Comeback

fauxpress

10-17-2007 5:11 PM

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technology, apple, iphone, brick, open source

fauxpress says:

Lots of folks were on the verge of quitting the cult of Apple when new iPhone software releases turned iPhones into bricks. Jobs' announcement of a 2008 SDK may or may not be too late to bring 'em back into the Apple fold.

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development kit (SDK) for the iPhone and iPod touch so that  third-party
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advanced and open platform to developers while at the same time protect
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