3rd Party iPhone App SDK to Launch at WWDC

Last week Steve Jobs stated that Apple will allow 3rd parties to write applications for the iphone later this year. Well it looks like later has come a lot sooner than expected. John Markoff of the NYTimes backs up the story, and claims that some sort of SDK will be unveiled at WWDC.

"A person briefed on Apple's plans said that at its software developer conference this month, Apple intends to announce that it will make it possible for developers of small programs written for the Macintosh to easily convert them to run on the iPhone."

It sounds like an app to convert Widgets for use in the iPhone. And Considering the number of Widgets available already, this could be huge for the iphone. This bit of info follows closely behind Jobs saying that 3rd party support would occur later in the year.

Read more after the jump. [NY Times]