You should register as an iPhone Developer and check out the Web Apps Dev Center - https://developer.apple.com/webapps/. This will give you a complete overview.
In the meantime I can answer the following (which do not fall until the NDA). > 1) are these applications stored offline like Opera 9.5 mobile widgets > or Nokia WRT applications, or are they stored online and the user > accesses them from an icon on the iphone home screen (a glorified > bookmark)? web apps are basically remote apps that are normally loaded via a url in Safari. NB you can save an icon to the home page for quick launch NB However you can write standalone "Cocoa" apps (written in objective C) that are loaded on and run on the iPhone...but this mailing list isn't really the place to discuss those. > 2) Does apple have an official name for these applications? iPhone Webapp? > 3) I am currently using a windows xp computer so I cannot use the > iphone SDK. Is it possible to create a widget application for iphone > using windows xp? yes a webapp is just javascript/html/css > 4) Is there any documentation about these applications in the SDK that > I can review, even if I cannot run the actual SDK simulator and > dashcode tools? As I said above, register as a Developer - everything is there including documentation & Sample apps > 5) do these types of applications run on actual devices (iphone and > itouch) or will the devices need a firmware update at a later time to > support these applications? They may well work with current iPhones but to leverage all the technologies the iPhone will need firmware v2 which is slated for release in July. Regards, Michael. On 11 Jun 2008, at 20:04, Hayden wrote: > > Hi, > > I am new to the group and would like to better understand iphone > webapps or widgets. > > 1) are these applications stored offline like Opera 9.5 mobile widgets > or Nokia WRT applications, or are they stored online and the user > accesses them from an icon on the iphone home screen (a glorified > bookmark)? > > 2) Does apple have an official name for these applications? > > 3) I am currently using a windows xp computer so I cannot use the > iphone SDK. Is it possible to create a widget application for iphone > using windows xp? > > 4) Is there any documentation about these applications in the SDK that > I can review, even if I cannot run the actual SDK simulator and > dashcode tools? > > 5) do these types of applications run on actual devices (iphone and > itouch) or will the devices need a firmware update at a later time to > support these applications? > > Thanks for any clarification. > > Hayden Porter > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iPhoneWebDev" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/iphonewebdev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
