Obligatory iPhone post

Today, Apple announced the iPhone SDK, including an actual download.  This was sort of unexpected, since the rumors indicated it would be something unpolished.  This is cool.  But, what is perhaps even more cool is their distribution model.  They do have things on "lockdown", but the barriers to entry are lower than any other carrier model I've ever seen.  Developing with the SDK is free, registration in the program is $99, which seems to be the only cost to publish your app.  Revenue share is 70%, which is much higher than typical carriers.  Free apps are allowed, which is not available on any other carrier that I'm aware of.  This is almost enough to make it viable to use a non-hacked phone.

Now, I just need to free up some hard drive space so I can actually install the giant 4 gig SDK!