The iPhone market has now become one of the most dynamic segments in the Smartphone industry. Even after facing cut throat competition from android, blackberry and windows mobile, iPhone has emerged to be a winner. iPhone app store and iPhone SDK played a crucial role in its success as developers got good support
The SDK or Software development kit makes it easy for iphone application developers to avail of a number of features for developing useful and innovative iPhone applications. Developers can create three different types of applications making use of the latest version of SDK, One is for iPod and iPhone touch, other for development of universal applications and the third one for development for iPad applications.
Universal applications are called so because of their ability to run on all iPhone OS devices. iPad application development involves the use of tools that optimize the programs for features of iPad and can work only on that platform. The chief benefit of building universal applications is flexibility and iPhone application developer can work only on one application instead of multiple applications.
Universal applications can easily identify the device they are running on and optimize themselves to function properly on that device. Most of the businesses have been incorporating the use of iPhone as a business tool. The application store offers a number of helpful business applications however; there are a number of iPhone application development companies in the market which can provide customized applications that meet specific user needs.
iPhone development is similar to Max OS X application development. However, the notable difference lies in small screen size and varying features of iPhone like touch screen. Also, the small memory size of iPhone in comparison to a laptop or desktop, should also be considered before embarking any smart phone development project.
