Developers Buzz on Leopard and Safari, Bum Out About IPhone

From Wired
As Steve Jobs tantalized thousands of Apple software programmers here at the Worldwide Developers Conference with promises of something "sweet" for the iPhone, you could feel the anticipation of the crowd.

While nobody really expected it to happen, a software developer's kit for the sleek new device was at the top of everyone's wish list, and now suddenly the dream was in sight. Then, as oversize images splashed up on the stage's giant screen, Jobs turned to deliver his curveball: Instead of getting tools to create stand-alone applications for the iPhone, developers would only be able to write web apps for the iPhone using the device's Safari browser.

Suddenly, a sound that's rarely ever heard in a Jobs keynote welled up in the giant conference hall. Crickets.

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