• Wired, Thursday, March 6, 2008 10:45 AM

The iPhone already acts as a cell phone, Web browser, email client and portable address book, but it's about to become a remote control, a game platform, a photo-editing platform, a device for remotely accessing desktop files, and more, what Apple calls "a full-fledged platform."

To date, the iPhone's platform has been open to developers for creating programs through the iPhone's Web browser. The Web-only approach has limited access to the phones more unique features, like its accelerometer, voice capabilities and its touchscreen. In theory, those programs will be made available now that Apple is releasing the iPhone's software development kit. We should now expect anything from photo-editing apps to touchscreen-enabled games to motion-sensing programs that take advantage of the iPhone's orientation sensor.

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