There’s a week to go before Apple’s commitment to release the iPhone Software Developers Kit in February runs out of room. I’m hearing from one source that its going to be late. I’m not yet hearing any reasons why, and it’s sounding like the official release date could slide by anywhere from one to three weeks.

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Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL - message board) has just over a week left to deliver its promised software development kit for the iPhone, a move that some analysts consider crucial if the market for the iconic gadget is to continue to evolve and generate revenue for the vendor, carrier partners, and developers themselves.

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The iPhone is transforming the Web as we know it and compelling every Web designer to consider handheld portable devices. This session covers various aspects of iPhone and iPod Touch development. It will include tips and tricks as well as best practices to follow.

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The book Professional iPhone and iPod Touch Programming (also available on Amazon UK) by Richard Wagner is a book designed to give iPhone and iPod touch developers a hands-on introduction to programming applications for their devices. You can learn how to create Web 2.0 applications from scratch such as an XHTML/CSS client to an advanced Ajax-enabled database application.

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In what appears to be a move on Apple’s part to sway current iPhone and iPod touch jailbreak developers into becoming legit, Tiny Code announced that it would no longer be updating its iPhone Repo application.

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As we’re all waiting with bated breath for the release of the iPhone SDK later this month, now would be a good time to pass along some of things I learned while working on MobileTwitterrific. Read this now and you’ll save yourself some headaches when diving into the SDK.

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With the iPhone SDK due in the next two weeks, the question is how to evaluate it once it is out there. there will be the question of the market model, the question how it compares against the (soon to be revamped) Android SDK, and of course the question of how good it is as an SDK.

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As Apple prepares to release a software development kit that will give programmers greater flexibility in creating applications for the iPhone, some are wondering whether this might be the company’s first step into the handheld videogame market.

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What do accelerometers, the iPhone SDK and touchscreens have in common? They’re the three big things that could see cellphone gaming have its first good year. Even the N-Gage revival finally took off on Monday, opening its doors to public testing after months of delay.

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If everything is still on track, Apple will roll out a software development kit (SDK) for iPhone and iPod touch, which share a platform, in February. I have been pondering some possibilities about that SDK. I don’t have answers, but perhaps the questions will get you thinking.

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Although we’re hearing that Apple isn’t anywhere close to nailing down specifics for its official iPhone software development kit, due in February 2008, the company has begun recruiting some to-notch talent from the unofficial iPhone application development realm: Lucas Newman of Delicious Monster has been hired by Apple as an “iPhone engineer” according to a post from “Chief Monster” Wil Shipley.

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Some developers are gaining early access to Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch software developer kit, according to reliable sources speaking to Electronista. A handful of companies are said to be getting rough versions of the tools to help code more advanced applications than would be possible with the current web-only solution.

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The AJAX Company Backbase announced that its Enterprise AJAX software suite will support Apple’s long-anticipated iPhone. Aligning its development with Apple’s unfolding strategy for the sexy new device, Backbase has added support for the new platform, including Apple’s Web browser for iPhone, Safari 3, and the code-named Leopard operating system.

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