| Do you have the skills to write a killer iPhone app? If | | | | applications for buyers to choose from. Creating one |
| you do, and you create one that becomes popular, | | | | that many will want isn't necessarily an easy task. |
| you could watch your bank account grow at an | | | | And if you have the idea, someone else may have |
| astounding rate. And even if you don't know anything | | | | had a similar one and an application that does nearly |
| about programming, if you're willing to hire someone | | | | the same thing is already for sale. |
| to do the iPhone application development for you, | | | | Some people become an iPhone developer and earn |
| you could still make a tidy profit. A few iPhone | | | | hundreds of thousands of dollars-a few have earned |
| application developers have hit the big time, thanks | | | | over a million, while others are pretty much ignored. |
| to thousands of downloads of their programs, most | | | | But the chance that the next new iPhone app could |
| at only $.99 each. | | | | be a big hit keeps people flocking to iPhone |
| If you're a programmer already and you have some | | | | application development classes in the hopes of |
| basic knowledge, there's a slight learning curve when | | | | learning to do it themselves and becoming an Apple |
| it comes to programming for Apple's iPhone. But you | | | | iPhone sensation. |
| can download information and the SDK (software | | | | Once the application is created and tested, then it's |
| development kit) that will help you learn how to do it. | | | | necessary for Apple to approve it and list it in the |
| That's what some have done to avoid paying $150 | | | | Apps Store. After that, automation takes over and |
| and up per hour for qualified Apple iPhone developers. | | | | the developer's job is done. Apple handles the sales |
| Some programmers are writing iPhone apps in their | | | | details and keeps 30% of the money from each sale |
| spare time, hoping for a little side income stream, | | | | for their trouble. While that seems like quite a chunk, |
| then quitting their regular jobs to pursue iPhone | | | | there's no better deal going since you can't sell iPhone |
| application development full time once they realize | | | | applications anywhere else. |
| how quickly the profits an add up. | | | | One might think sales of iPhone apps would slow |
| But just writing an iPhone apple doesn't guarantee | | | | down, since sales of everything else have in the |
| success, as many have found, too. So hundreds or | | | | current recession. But with such a huge portion of |
| thousands spent on design, development and testing | | | | the population owning a phone, we're now in an |
| if you pay someone to write the code for you could | | | | almost completely mobile economy. People talk, send |
| be for nothing. There's no way of knowing until Apple | | | | pictures, surf the Internet and now run programs and |
| approves the app and the program is officially | | | | play games all on their mobile phones. Because of |
| entered into the App Store. | | | | that, iPhone developers can still earn huge amounts |
| Competition is pretty fierce among iPhone application | | | | of money if they hit on the right app, so iPhone |
| developers. The iPhone App store has only been | | | | application development doesn't look to slow down |
| open since 2008 and there are already over 25,000 | | | | anytime soon. |