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diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.16.07/Fri/iphoneapp.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.16.07/Fri/iphoneapp.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a198c21 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.16.07/Fri/iphoneapp.txt @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +A hacker by the name of Nightwatch has successfully compiled and launched and first third-party iPhone application. Nightwatch's program is a simple "hello world" app and end-user apps are still a ways off, but this definitely opens the door for others to create applications that run on the iPhone. + +Although the iPhone Dev Wiki is at pains to point out the site is a community effort, the progress report specifically says that Nightwatch has apparently pulled off the app on his/her own. + +The "hello world" app was accomplished using the ARM/Mach-O Toolchain, which is also the main brains behind the "jailbreak" app which is a key element of some other hacks, such as the custom ringtone hack we [detailed earlier this week][2]. + +Nightwatch and the iPhone Dev Wiki team have put together a pre-alpha ARM/Mach-O Toolchain for other hackers looking to compile applications. + +And naturally it remains to be seen whether Apple will continue the hands-off approach to hacks that have characterized the company's handling of AppleTV, the iPod and other products. + +Note that I've omitted a direct link in keeping with the iPhone Dev Wiki's requests to minimalize traffic to the site, but a Google search for ["iPhone hello world"][1] will give you some more information. + +[1]: http://www.google.com/search?q=Hello+World+on+the+iPhone&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial&client=firefox-a +[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/07/iphone-hacks-ad.html
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