Apple OK’s Third Party Apps

So all those people hacked their iPhones for what? To get away from AT&T, or to install third-party applications?

If they did it to install applications, I bet they feel stupid now.

Apple Inc. will allow third-party applications on the iPhone, Chief Executive Steve Jobs said in a posting on its Web site Wednesday.

In a decision that marks a clear turnaround from Apple’s previous desire to control the applications consumers have on their iPhones, Jobs said the company intends to release a software development kit in February that will let people outside the company to create iPhone and iPod touch applications.

“We are excited about creating a vibrant third-party developer community around the iPhone and enabling hundreds of new applications for our users,” Jobs said in the posting.

[Source: AP via Yahoo! News]