iPhone SDK Released

Apple has released their SDK for iPhone and iPod Touch. Here's are the main highlights from the news release:

• Release version of the SDK will be in June
• Requires an Intel based Mac
• Applications are developed in Objective-C using Xcode
• A new tool called Interface Builder will help developers create interfaces (not yet available)
• Full access to the multi-touch API
• Full access to the accelerometer. This could really push the creativity of games.
• There is a simulator for testing on the Mac
• There is a tool called Instruments that helps measure performance of your application on the iPhone
• Support for standard APIs like OpenGL and OpenAL
• Applications can be purchased through the App Store directly from the iPhone
• It will cost developers $99 if they want to distribute their application
• The revenue split for applications sold through the App Store is 30% to Apple and 70% to the developer
• Applications can only run in the foreground

For more information, the SDK, and source code examples, visit the iPhone Dev Center.