By Aidan Malley
Published: 10:45 AM EST
Developers eager to write native applications for the iPhone and iPod touch will have to wait until March for the software developer kit, according to a reported insider.
Arik Hesseldahl of
BusinessWeek is allegedly in touch with a source who says the SDK for the two touchscreen devices
will slip from its intended February release window by one to three weeks.
No justification is given for the delay. However, the progress of the development kit is described as "fluid" and may see Apple release little or no information about the programming environment before the end of February.
"There are, apparently, a lot of moving parts to something this complex," the writer claims.
The report claims authority based on past tips obtained by the magazine staff. The publication successfully leaked news of the SDK just a day before Apple chief executive Steve Jobs
revealed official plans to open development to third parties in October.
Despite the delay, rumors have surfaced that the iPhone maker has been eager to spur development as soon as possible and may have
released an early SDK to select developers, including a social networking site.
