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Tomorrow Apple is to unveil its software roadmap for outside developers who are interested in developing applications for iPhones.

“Please join us to learn about the iPhone software roadmap, including the iPhone SDK (software developer kit) and some exciting new enterprise features,” read an invitation to tomorrows event held in Apples HQ in Cupertino, California.

Gartner analyst Van Baker thinks that Apple is more supportive of large developers instead of letting small developers to play with iPhone.

“I think Apple is going to keep a pretty tight rein on this because the last thing they want is some fly-by-night guy writing an iPhone program that breaks it,” Baker told AFP.

Other main expectation is that apple will make iPhone more compatible with business applications such as Exchange.

Apple wants to let developers tinker with iPhone software while simultaneously protecting against viruses and other malicious code.

Jobs is on record saying he expects iPhones to be “a highly visible target” for malevolent software wizards. He said that Apple might take a lesson from Nokia, which is not allowing outside applications onto some of their new mobile telephone models unless the software has a “digital signature” from a known developer.

Thanks: AFP