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Sep 16 2008

Savant Systems builds home automation on Mac OS X, iPhone app coming

mobile ipod 350 1 20080916 190019 Savant Systems builds home automation on Mac OS X, iPhone app comingCali Lewis of GeekBrief.TV recorded an audio conversation with Jim Carroll, the founder of Savant about their home automation systems built on Apple hardware. They have a unique iPhone/iPod Touch application coming out soon that will allow you to control all the automated appliances and systems in your home and, potentially monitor and control them via text messages while you’re away.

Savant’s systems are not designed for the do-it-yourselfer in the way X10 automation systems are. Instead, they offer a solution that emphasizes ease of use, reliability and a maintenance-friendly open platform. It’s a complete system.

It’s nice to know that, not only is someone working to redefine the home entertainment and control systems industries, but that they’re doing it on the foundation of Mac OS X.

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Oct 18 2007

Jobs says he wants an iPhone Software Developer’s Kit by February

iphone 20070918 015624 Jobs says he wants an iPhone Software Developers Kit by FebruaryIn a post made to Apple.com’s Hot News page, Steve Jobs makes it clear,

Let me just say it: We want native third party applications on the iPhone, and we plan to have an SDK in developers’ hands in February.

He also says how he is “excited about creating a vibrant third party developer community around the iPhone…” What he doesn’t acknowledge is that the community was created by attempting to keep the iPhone a closed system: tell us we can’t have it, and we want it all the more. Not only is there already a vibrant third party developer community around the iPhone, but Apple already knows exactly the types of software that community is most interested in making.

Steve insists the wait until February is a necessary one for safety reasons:

It will take until February to release an SDK because we’re trying to do two diametrically opposed things at once–provide an advanced and open platform to developers while at the same time protect iPhone users from viruses, malware, privacy attacks, etc.

Good point. Well, this is good news for developers and iPhone owners. It will be exciting to see what kinds of applications people will develop for this new mobile computing platform.

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