If the sessions at this year’s WWDC are any indication, it’s safe to say that Apple is looking for the iPhone to blow up as a development platform. According to PC World’s count, around 33% of the 150+ sessions will be dedicated to development on the iPhone.
Around 50% of the remaining sessions will be general Mac stuff — accessibility, Cocoa, etc — with the last 17% focusing on IT.
More interestingly than this year’s stats will be to look at how much session time the iPhone commands next year. It’ll be a good gauge of just how well the iPhone platform is doing. The iPhone 2.0 SDK is a hot topic for developers right now, with the idea of legitimate/supported third party development fresh on the minds of many. If, in one year, the iPhone still garners enough interest from developers to allot it a chunk of time which rivals that given to their full-blown OS, Apple has certainly done something right.
Apple is understandably excited about the iPhone, and in addition to giving it a lot of attention, they have been making bold claims about its future success. They have the spotlight now, but there are some interesting factors that will go into their future success. More here: http://www.zintin.com/blog/2008/06/the-future-of-the-iphone/
Comment by john — June 5, 2008 @ 2:24 pm