1.1.4 Jailbreak and iPhone Development

Are you ready to develop some cool iPhone applications? Not sure? How about Two open source development books, an Offical Apple SDK and a couple of very simple jailbreaks for the 1.1.4 firmware to sweeten the offer... C'mon, there is no better time than the present.

Check out Johnathan Zdziarski's Domain for the release of his book iPhone Open Application Development and discussion of his work on the iphone open source tool chain.

iPhone superstar Erica Sadun is hard at work on her own book for iPhone development. (Her books much anticipated release date is pending at the moment.)
However, Erica is currently heading up a collective of iPhone SDK developers. The group is comprised of some of the most active minds in iPhone third party development. Thankfully, they are fighting the good fight of comparing and contrasting the open source tool chain and past application building practices against the Official Apple SDK.

Which brings me to my third suggestion, The Official Apple SDK.
The SDK was released this past Thursday and It's free to developers.
You can sign up here and grab a free copy of the iPhone Xcode tools and your all set to design and build. (Accompanying sample code, documentation and demo applications are available to help get you started on the Apple Developer website.)

Lastly, The Apple Official SDK is not likely to distribute Apps via iTunes until June or July, and the iPhone open source tool chain (Unofficial Third Party Applications) is more than likely to live on for quite some time. That being said, ZiPhone for Mac or PC and iNdependence are two great tools to serve all your 1.1.4 firmware needs.

Can you feel the power? That shiny little chrome bit bucket has spurred a revolution, not only in the way we communicate and interact with the world, but also in the way we choose to design and develop for that communication and interaction. Suh-weet!