Developing for the iPhone - what you need to know  Picture of
iPod touch with tools  They say the future is mobile. (Ed. Two
years on since originally writing this post, it almost seems
like the future is here. We might have all missed the App Store
gold rush, but app development for mobile is still exciting and
now there's Android, Windows Phone 7 and iPads to think about.)
So, I'm quite excited to learn about developing for this new
platform and see what I can create. Will I be able to use my
existing web development and programming skills, or will I need
to learn a new set of skills. This is what I've learnt so far
about what I'll need to know.  There are two options when
developing for the iPhone (or iPod touch): Develop a web
application or develop a native iPhone application. There are
plusses and minuses for both, and both require a completely
different set of skills. Until recently you could only develop
web applications, but Apple has recently released a beta of the
iPhone SDK building up towards th