Apple’s iPhone Web Apps about to go live

Posted by The Boy Genius on Oct 10, 2007 11:34 am 11 comments

Filed in Apple, Software

There were mumblings across the Internets about an Apple SDK for the iPhone….except, this wasn’t a real SDK. It was more of those guidelines for creating non-native applications by using Safari. It looks as if Apple is almost ready to officially launch their new database of applications, and you can think of it as sort of an "online Installer.app". Some snooping around found http://www.apple.com/webapps (although it currently does not work), and better yet, in the recent downloads RSS feed, we can search for iPhone and find a couple applications in the catalog already. Some of these are: Nutrition Database for iPhone, Solitaire for iPhone, Blackjack 21 for iPhone, iHome, iGolfScorecard, 101 Cookbooks - iPhone Edition, Digital Tips, and iFun. To snoop around yourself, hit the link below and search though the entries for "iPhone"

[Via 9to5mac]

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11 comment(s) for this post.

On Oct 10, 2007 @ 12:27 pm, Dtest5477 Said:

good find by 9th5 mac. They are gaining credibility.

These would be good to get some games and stuff on the phone but they are still webapps. But Apple always has something up their sleeve, interesting to see somethings that are going on behind the scenes.

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On Oct 10, 2007 @ 1:11 pm, rosegold Said:

so the reaso they locked 3rd party apps is so I am forced to get this crappy web apps?

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On Oct 10, 2007 @ 1:23 pm, Dtest5477 Said:

your not forced into anything. if you did not know the details of the apps then its your own fault. I want apps as well but i’m not blaming apple as they did not mislead anyone.

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On Oct 10, 2007 @ 1:58 pm, Justin Said:

So is this going to be a real application like the ones with got with installer.app or are these web ones?

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On Oct 10, 2007 @ 2:32 pm, Chris Said:

Good lord, the Apple sheep are happy with any bone that Steve Jobs tosses them. Pathetic.

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On Oct 10, 2007 @ 2:59 pm, tough guy Said:

Stop being a bitch. If you don’t like it, stfu and gtfo.

I’m tired of whiny punks on the internet.

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On Oct 10, 2007 @ 3:58 pm, gadgetchic Said:

who gives a shit about web apps, NATIVE APPLICATIONS PLEASE. ugh sometimes i really regret buying that phone.

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On Oct 10, 2007 @ 5:41 pm, Dtest5477 Said:

They never said they would provide native apps, actually they were pretty specific about only webapps so all the whiners should have done their homework before buying. It’s your own fault, get over it and quit acting like little bitches, hack it, shut up or move on.

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On Oct 10, 2007 @ 7:09 pm, Curious Said:

Why in the world would anyone throw a bone to sheep?

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On Oct 11, 2007 @ 2:42 pm, blah Said:

I can’t wait!!! Finally something to do with the iPhone besides flicking and pinching aimlessly around the screen. It’ll be interesting to see the kinds of web apps that folks have built. I want a database of jokes so I can not only look cool, but sound witty at the same time

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On Oct 11, 2007 @ 2:56 pm, blah Said:

it’s up!!!! http://www.apple.com/webapps/

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