Review - iPhone 3G - Part 8

Another big introduction from Apple with the iPhone 2.0 firmware, and with the 3G version of their own cellphone is the possibility given to third-party software companies to develop their own applications for Apple’s mobile platform.

The previous iPhone firmware version, in fact, did not allow the installation of any application unless the user followed unofficial methods that were however not authorized or recognized by Apple. The impossibility of using third-party software on the iPhone was something highly criticized by the public and the market, and Apple justified itself by affirming that they wanted to keep their own cellphone protected from eventual security problems that sometimes happen in more advanced phones.

Apple’s refusal in freely opening their own devices to third parties is well known, hence why the choice of supporting third-party applications was done in a very Apple-like style with the launch of the App Store.