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Apple hasn't made an announcement yet. I don't know anything either. They may make their deadline, they may not. There are rumors.

Hell, anyone could blog for BusinessWeek, even me.

Feb 23, 08 - 10:02 am Comment from: HMCIV

Well...better late than pregnant.

Apple is LATE with everything, so why should this be any different?

Feb 23, 08 - 10:14 am Comment from: Zune Tang®

Typical. More vaporware and empty promises from Apple.

The SDK for Windows Mobile was on time and the applications Windows Mobile developers came up with are fantastic.

Your potential. Our passion.™

Feb 23, 08 - 10:15 am Comment from: DLMeyer

While not a serious problem, this is a bit embarrassing and - for some - a whole lot annoying. As someone who spent 1/10th the price of an iPhone for his "basic" cell phone, it doesn't mean that much to me ... but there are a couple million folks out there with a different attitude. They bought on a promise. A promise it seems will be delayed.
Dave

Feb 23, 08 - 10:24 am Comment from: qka

A few weeks ago there were rumors of an Apple event for this coming Tuesday, the 26th. Nothing yet has come of those rumors.

I am not happy by this, yet I want an SDK that will allow developers to release quickly applications without a mess of bugs in the SDK. Hopefully Apple will at the very least announce some apps and games for the iPhone and iPod touch. That would help ease the wait for more apps.

Feb 23, 08 - 10:27 am Comment from: Jay-Z

I hope Apple learns from this and other recent missed deadlines and starts padding their deadlines. Better to say it will be delivered in March and deliver in February if possible than to commit to February and miss the deadline. We'll know in less than a week, either way.

But honestly, people are so happy with the iPhone that I don't think it will have any actual negative affect. The press, of course, will turn around a make a frenzy of it.

Feb 23, 08 - 10:29 am Comment from: Cubert

@DLMeyer,
Apple didn't talk about releasing a SDK until several months after the iPhone was released.

Feb 23, 08 - 10:33 am Comment from: Cubert

This doesn't bother me. I'm late for everything so I understand.

All I know is that there are a LOT of people working in Cupertino this weekend.

IMaki and Zune Tang@ get a life. "Apple is late.." read this and weep (one of hundreds of articles) http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-6054320-7.html. Empty promises, you don't have a clue MSFT fanbay. Zune the iPod killer HHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAA, Xbox 360 the best ever too bad it overheats and now plays a defunked DVD format, and then there is Vista, great work after 5+ years of development...oh it sucks, but I thought it was suppose to be the best OS ever!!!!!

The sound of satire going over even more heads.

Feb 23, 08 - 10:39 am Comment from: Arnold Ziffel

@DLMeyer,

"Bought on a promise?" Wtf? I bought my iPhone on June 29th based upon what Steve Jobs showed it would do during the keynote at MWSF in January. Enjoy your 1/10th the price phone that does about 1/100th of what my iPhone can do.

Goober.

Feb 23, 08 - 10:48 am Comment from: DogGone

Apple always push it to the limit during SW and HW development. So what if the SDK is delayed a month. The iphone will evolve over the next few years just like the ipod.

I think hear the sounds of developer frustration rather than consumer despair.

An excuse for the media to have a gloomfest – the rest of us will just carry on making calls.

After all, the iPhone still works as per SJ's original presentation, doesn't it?!

Would love to know what all these great applications are for Windows Mobile. Maybe some are just easily pleased.

Much rather wait than have problems. No problem waiting another few weeks for a stable, well thought out and well executed SDK.

Lol! You bunch of jackals respond as though you believe this idiot. This asshole says the situation is fluid, we may hear more next week, but wait, one insider says it may be one week late ... Hold it! Make that 3 weeks late! Then come all the asswipe crybabies .... Wahhhh, this is typical apple, wahhh, its an embarassment for apple, waaaahhhh.

Grow the fsuck up you cry babies.

Feb 23, 08 - 12:20 pm Comment from: DLMeyer

Cubert and </b>Arnold Ziffel</b>, the promise was that "it will be here", later amended to "in February". Yes, those who felt it was worth the cost for what it delivered when purchased, there is no problem. And, A.Z., my budget phone does everything I ask of it and more. While an iPhone would certainly do more, I wouldn't be asking it to do any of those things ... so, what's the value in it? Would you buy a Dodge Viper to commute to work and shop at the grocery store? I mean ... you could, but folks would laugh at you.
Mike, did you notice where Zune Tang® mentioned "vaporware" and the "fantastic software" for WinME? We all know there is none (unless you count the occasional "lateware") and none. Suggesting ... what? Every one of his(?) comments contains an "off-target" attack (or two, or three) that applies more to M$ than to Apple. That's the point. Some people are just S L O W !

Feb 23, 08 - 12:20 pm Comment from: Sixvodkas

DLMeyer,

Say what?

My iPhone purchase was delayed only because I had a contract with Verizon.

When the iPhone was announced, I knew I'd be buying it, and I (and millions of others) had NO IDEA that an SDK would ever be released.

SDK's/hacks/cheap a** phones from other vendors never entered the equation, and still don't.

Feb 23, 08 - 12:34 pm Comment from: Cubert

@DLMeyer,
I just meant that not a whole lot of people bought an iPhone between October and now because of third party apps. I think it's more likely that they bought it for all the other reasons (ie. features).

Feb 23, 08 - 12:35 pm Comment from: Jim - TIV

My iphone purchase was only delayed until my first payday following the release...

@ Arnold Ziffel & DJ - Just to strengthen your statements...I want to note that not only does the iPhone work as promised in the original keynote, it actually has more functionality than promised since Apple upgraded it's features with the last update.

The iPhone is truly an amazing device that does NOT disappoint.

The truth is, technology development is a very difficult thing. In announcing last October that the SDK would be ready in February, Jobs was setting a goal. There is never any guarantee that a technological goal can be achieved in a forecasted amount of time, especially when sailing through uncharted waters (Such as the iPhone OS development hurdles are to Apple)

Feb 23, 08 - 12:38 pm Comment from: DLMeyer

Sixvodkas ... OK, so it was a "feature" you felt you didn't need. That doesn't mean it wasn't promised to you. I don't need, or want, portable surfing or - god forbid - text messaging, which doesn't mean even my cheap-phone doesn't promise the latter. Neither ever entered the equation. Glad you love your iPhone, you and the vast majority of the others who bought them, and I'm glad you find them worth the extra money. I never said you bought because of this promise, but many had that in mind when they did. Not that it was the selling point, just one among many.

@ DL Meyer - "my budget phone does everything I ask of it and more. While an iPhone would certainly do more, I wouldn't be asking it to do any of those things ... so, what's the value in it? Would you buy a Dodge Viper to commute to work and shop at the grocery store? I mean ... you could, but folks would laugh at you."

Wrong. Not a correct comparison. The value to me, and I would guess most, is not that it is a slick, racy version of a regular cell phone (although the iPhone does indeed deliver that satisfaction) but instead simplifies and hugely enhances the usabiility of the features found on a standard handset. If you can easily use the features of your current phone then great, most people, though, have a very tough time doing more than calling.

And people laugh at those with an iPhone? ... perhaps a few idiots. Most are intrigued and wishing they had one. The value of the iPhone is that it has the polished functionality of the Mac built into a pocket device.

@ DLMeyer - To elaborate further on the wrongness of your Viper analogy:

The Viper compared to current standard car such as a Corolla, only offers slick styling and a more powerful engine. The difference is mostly aesthetic.

But the difference delivered in the iPhone vs. a budget handset is more like the Viper compared to a base level 1970 Chevy Nova. Not only are you getting the slickness but also power steering, power brakes, automatic transmission, power windows, etc. ... improvements that we consider standard today.

Yes, you can still drive to the grocery store in both but the experience of driving the Viper, even subtracting the styling and reducing the power of the engine, is supremely enhanced on just the basic functionality level.

Feb 23, 08 - 01:17 pm Comment from: The Other Steve

My advice is don't worry about being on time,

JUST GET IT RIGHT!

Feb 23, 08 - 01:23 pm Comment from: Mr. Reeee

Do it once and do it right!

Better late than Windows.

Feb 23, 08 - 01:28 pm Comment from: The Other Steve

DL Meyer wrote "my budget phone does everything I ask of it and more"

We are spending thousands of dollars on the phone/data service. To waste that on a cheep device just doesn't make sense.
It would be like paying $70,000 a year on an employee and not giving him the equipment he needs to do his job. No, wait . . . that's what my employer does.

Feb 23, 08 - 01:59 pm Comment from: DLMeyer

Thomas, you missed the point of the Dodge Viper analogy entirely. Should I have said "Ferrari" instead? My point was not that "someone" might not want (need) features only available in an iPhone, only that MY needs did not exceed those of my cheap-phone. Perhaps I could have said "Ford F-150" instead, but plenty of people DO use such gas-guzzling style-statements to commute and shop for groceries - and nothing else, so you might not have gotten the point.
The Other Steve ... I didn't "waste that on a cheep device", I spent what I had to in order to get all the features I could "feature" using. A few extra came along for the ride. I have to say that a) I have not missed the ones I didn't expect to use and b) the ones that came along for the ride have been mostly unused.

@ Mr. Reeee

"Better late than Windows."

SO TRUE.

Love it!!

Feb 23, 08 - 02:10 pm Comment from: feral

first post!!!...
oh
rats.

location.href='Http://www.microsoft.com';

February 2008. The day the Apple started to ROT.

Now watch the Mac heads scramble to say that 3 weeks is only some minor thing.

Hint: 3 weeks now means 3 months later, and then the rats start to flee the sinking ship. The rest of the world can only chuckle. It's so typical how fanbois will bend over and PAY dearly for the privilige!

Feb 23, 08 - 02:43 pm Comment from: Jubei

Its a bit strange that with all the MS Windows missteps their stock isn't getting hammered as hard as Apple. How many Zunes were sold this quarter?

@ And so it begins,

Are you some kind of nutter? You really ought to stay on the pills.

Try telling your boss that you can either do it on time, or right. Good luck to you.

I had assumed that Apple had already "padded" their time in announcing the SDK for release in February ... After all, that was MONTHS ago.

In the recent past, Apple has had no reason to do things differently because the stock price was booming. But now, given the huge slide in price, Apple has a little (a lot of) pressure.

This is good for Apple - even though it hurts.

Oh and what about Time Capsule????

Ships in February? And even if it still does, why couldn't they pull it together earlier than the last minute

Feb 23, 08 - 05:53 pm Comment from: Ampar

"Apple’s iPhone SDK will be late"

Maybe it's pregnant.

Feb 23, 08 - 06:04 pm Comment from: Chuck U Farley

Late, just like Microsoft.
However, It will work and it will work very well, UNLIKE the crap that Microsoft squeezes out.

Feb 23, 08 - 06:28 pm Comment from: Arnold Ziffel

@Thomas,

You are right about Apple delivering more than I purchased when I bought my iPhone on June 29th. iPhone has far exceeded my expectations of it, and I continue to marvel at how well it works. Just for the heck of it, I dug out our old Samsung flip phone that we had prior to the iPhone, and using it was like stepping back into the Flintstone era.

Any third party software that I might use in the future is just icing on the cake. I would be perfectly happy to have iPhone do no more than it does now. It is the most amazing electronic device I have ever used. Nothing else comes close.

Feb 23, 08 - 06:46 pm Comment from: ElderNorm

@DLMYERS
No sweat. Everyone should be free to use what ever equipment they wish.

I just have to wonder why there is an Apple Hate issue. I never hear people saying that its stupid to use a Palm Treo, or BB, or anyother phone. Yet people seem to go crazy about why Apple is bad.

I think that is why people that enjoy Apple products feel they need to -- not build up Apple -- but rather they are just trying to level the playing field.

Just a thought.

en

Feb 23, 08 - 07:21 pm Comment from: KingMel

Quality is far more important than release schedule. Pump it out early with bugs - complaints. Hold the release for a few weeks or months to get it right - complaints. Release an update that adds cool new features, even to models sold a year ago - complaints that they "should have been there all along."

I am tired of complaints and, as a result, I am getting tired of rumors because they lead to complaints.

I am finished complaining. I like my iMac. I like my Airport Extreme Base Station. I like MacOS X 10.5.2. Is there room for improvement - certainly. And I provide that feedback to Apple.

@DL Meyer

Your bonus will be late.

Sorry,

Mikey

Feb 23, 08 - 08:38 pm Comment from: ken1w

For most people, the iPhone SDK being late by a few weeks is a non-issue. How many even know what "SDK" stands for... or what it does? iPhone customers are already satisfied with their iPhone to an unprecedented degree. Having the SDK out to developers just makes third-party apps available sooner. That may make iPhone customers even more satisfied and happy, but there will be no problem if having third-party apps is delayed by a few weeks (except to developers).

It's not like Windows Vista SP1, where continued delay is damaging Microsoft customers' level of satisfaction (or increasing the level of dissatisfaction).

Feb 23, 08 - 08:38 pm Comment from: s

@Jay-Z: "I hope Apple learns from this and other recent missed deadlines and starts padding their deadlines"

Hofstadter's Law

It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.

—Douglas Hofstadter: Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, 20th anniversary ed., 1999, p. 152. ISBN 0-465-02656-7

REF: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hofstadter's_Law

Typical of the new Applesoft.

@ Zune Tang

I appreciate your consistent comedy... although I fear few others can see or understand it.

Feb 24, 08 - 12:05 am Comment from: DLMeyer

ElderNerm, I don't recall saying - hinting, even - that "Apple is bad". The iPhone is not appropriate for ME. This does not mean it isn't the best product available for many others. I admit that Apple's recent history - since The Return of The Jobs - has been spectacular ... up until a year or so ago. And I'm pretty sure we can blame the recent blemishes on the iPhone. They still haven't delivered a "full OSX" for it and several other products - like the Mac OSX - have suffered in the process. Still, we're not talking about a disaster of Microsoftian proportions, we're talking "cracks in the veneer" rather than in the foundation. I just bought $10,000 worth of AAPL ... more like $9,000, now ... and didn't do that because I believe either the company or its products are bogus.
Dave Meyer

Feb 24, 08 - 12:06 am Comment from: Big Al

The SKD was promised to developers, not iPhone owners or prospective iPhone buyers. 99% of iPhone users couldn't do anything with an iPhone SKD.

We are all waiting for wonderful new Apps and/or games. We all knew the new apps and games would not appear before the SKD was given to developers.

I would think that all of the Apps that Apple had planed to build and release for the iPhone, would have to appear before any SKD showed up. How bad would it look if Apple came out with The Next Best App after some other developer had released something quite similar already?

The iPhone SKD will be released when Apple has all of it's ducks in a row and not a moment sooner. Probably some time in February.