This session was with Brian Fling (Fling Media). Unfortunately there was also supposed to be someone there talking a little more in-depth about the SDK, but I still found the session really useful.

Some things I took out of the session was a really good overview of the 2 types of apps for an iPhone. Essentially there is a Web App and a Native App.
The Web App is essentially a web 2.0 website (and should then work in all web 2.0 browsers - although the list of theses is currently very small). When people talk about a Web App, the platform they are really talking about is WebKit (which is also the browser of choice for Nokia N95s).
The Native App is written in Objective-C, and gives the developer access to lower level features like Phone Book etc. From my perspective, unless you need to use the lower level access of a Native App, a Web App is the best way togo. There is also the fact that a Native App is distributed over the IPhone store, which is a closed Deck (just like those of the Network Operators). This for me, is another minus point against writing a Native App.

Brian’s a really great speaker, and I got alot out of the short session we had (which was also cut short by the Fire Alarm!). If you have the chance to meet him, I highly recommend you do so. It will be well worth your time.

Posted: April 7th, 2008 under Conferences.
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