Apple’s pretty serious about getting developers onboard the Web 2.0 train for the iPhone. Yesterday we noted that they’d posted a walkthrough video and sample code; now they’ve announced a series of iPhone Tech Talks to be held throughout the country. The talks are aimed at those who are interested in developing web apps for the iPhone: each roughly day long seminar is comprised of presentations, demos, and hands-on coding and debugging. Topics include Ensuring Safari on iPhone Compatibility, Creating Web 2.0 Applications for iPhone, and Managing Content and Synched Data on iPhone.
The talks will be taking place in August LA, San Francisco, and New York City, and they’re free for ADC members (including the free ADC Online memberships). And don’t forget to bring your own code.
They're going to need to talk WITH the developers and not just TO the developers. So far everything I've seen from them is, "Here is what we gave you." There needs to be more, "What do you need from us?" (us being Apple) and then look for ways to implement the suggestions (such as web app's being able to run in the background and add icons to the home screen). Without the two-way, the developers are going to start ignoring Apple and finding their own ways to hack stuff together.