Sep 30, 2009
And Then There Were Three
Finally, the iPhone has more than one network in the UK. Two days ago Orange announced that they’ve broken O2′s stranglehold on the iPhone and will be selling all models by Christmas. Yesterday Vodafone declared they will be selling the iPhone as well from early 2010.
What will this mean to the iPhone? Considering that Apple recently reported that there are over 85,000 apps in the App Store and over 2 Billion downloads in its first year, those numbers will now skyrocket. There has never been a better time to start writing apps for the iPhone and the Mac platforms.
I’ve been dabbling with Xcode for a little while and found some really good resources to help me get started. The best guide so far has been BecomeAnXcoder and I highly recommend Aaron Hillegass’s book Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X. When you have a handle on Xcode and want to get started on iPhone development, there’s Stanford University’s excellent iPhone Application Programming podcasts.
Do it now if you can. The iPhone application market is about to expand massively.
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