What Apple did yesterday, in releasing their sdk, was basically taking the price to make mobile apps better for developers. You might be thinking that this is only going to effect iPhone/iTouch users, but it's not. When a big, up-and-coming product like the iPhone does something like this it's going to set the bar for the future of that type of product.
Right now it costs thousands of dollars to become a mobile developer. And not just once, you have to pay a huge fee for each platform you want your app on. For someone like me, an individual developer, these costs make it near impossible for me to get in the game. What Apple just did is take that thousands of dollars cost, and bring it down to $99. They are smart enough to know they can make up for it by charging 30% of whatever money you bring in.
This is now going to push big mobile (RIM etc) to become similar to compete. Once the iPhone becomes a better choice for business, RIM stocks are going to plummet.
Now if only the people developing Android would get off their asses and get into the market, devs like me could have some real fun. damn the man, open the market!
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