Apple CEO Steve Jobs said the developer tools would be released in February after the company had them as virus proof as possible. "We think a few months of patience now will be
rewarded by many years of great third-party applications running on safe and reliable iPhones," Jobs wrote on Apple's Web site. The move is a win for consumers, who have complained that they weren't
allowed to install software on the iPhone as they could on a computer.
Meanwhile, MySpace is also set to open its doors to outside developers over the next couple of months. CEO Chris DeWolfe said the News Corp site would offer a more lucrative environment for third-party software developers, due to the company's size (more than 110 million members) and available ad tools.