Appletell

« Back to Appletell.com  |  Login or Sign Up to Create a Profile!
Dabbledoo Media Gadgetell Gamertell Appletell

Subscribe to Appletell by Email:

Preview

It’s the iPhone economy, stupid

by Kirk Hiner on Jun 17, 2008 at 05:02 PM

iPhone 3GAt WWDC earlier this month, Steve Jobs has some developers step onstage to demo their iPhone 3G software. Apparently, this is just a tiny taste of what’s to come. According to a Mercury News report, the iPhone is creating its own economy of developers scrambling to get their software to the iPhone 3G.

“I’m seeing an excitement among mobile developers that I’ve never seen before,“ said Sam Altman, chief executive and co-founder of Mountain View-based Loopt, a location-based social networking service. “People who said they’d never start a mobile (applications) company because they didn’t want to rely on the carriers are now starting companies focused only on the iPhone.“

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster believes Apple could be creating a billion-dollar industry built around the iPhone. Munster said the applications were “more powerful and attractive” than anything he’d seen on a mobile device before.

Head on over to the Mercury News for the full report.

Keep up with the latest Apple news! - Subscribe to our feed →



Join the Discussion

Name: *

Email: *

Location (Links to Google Maps):

URL:

Enter Your Comment Below...

* Required fields

Remember my information?

Notify me of follow-up comments?

Submit the word you see below:


Masthead
Executive Editors
Editor
black friday 2008
Appletell Originals
Nokia announces N97,
iPhone still ahead
of the game

Microsoft using
Office’s
AutoUpdate feature
to check licensing