iPhone App Store Opportunity -- Mobile Portland, Monday, July 28th

[Jason Grigsby]

The iPhone App Store Opportunity July 28th, 6 pm, AboutUs Offices July 11th marked the release of iPhone 3G and with it, Software Update 2.0, which includes Apple's launch of the App Store. The App Store allows for third party developers to create and distribute applications for iPhone and iPod touch using the iPhone SDK, a native development environment based on Cocoa for Mac OS X. In his talk, Raven will provide a basic overview of the process of developing and distributing software for the iPhone and iPod touch, and share some key findings and metrics gathered in the two weeks since the launch of the App Store. What does the App Store mean for third party mobile developers? Raven Zachary is the founder of iPhoneDevCamp, a not-for-profit gathering to develop applications for iPhone and iPod touch using both the native SDK and web standards, and is a technology industry analyst with The 451 Group, where he covers open source technology. Raven's interest in Apple's mobile technology extends back to the Newton in the mid-1990s, and he was a former MacWEEK columnist covering Apple's launch of Mac OS X. He is regularly quoted by the media on issues relating to the iPhone and separately, open source. Meeting Details The iPhone App Store Opportunity Monday, July 28th, 6 pm AboutUs offices 107 SE Washington St., Suite 520 Portland, Oregon 97214 RSVP | Map | Add to your Calendar Join our Google Group We've started a Google Group for Mobile Portland to coordinate on meetings and also share development insights between meetings. Please join us at http://groups.google.com/group/mobile-portland. About Mobile Portland Mobile Portland is a local user group focused on mobile development. We gather on the fourth Monday of every month for presentations, discussion and networking. You received this message because you indicated interest in the Mobile Portland User Group. To opt-out of future Mobile Portland updates, simply unsubscribe.