3rd-Party Applications OK on iPhone

Chief Executive Steve Jobs wrote on the Apple Inc. website that they will allow third-party applications on the iPhone. Jobs went on to write that the company plans to release a software development kit for outsiders in February.

Steve Jobs said that they will wait until February in order to protect users from viruses and other attacks. This move is a change in policy for Apple, which had previously wanted to control all applications that consumers stored on their iPhones.

Apple Inc. has sold more than 1 million iPhones since its release in June.