The iPhone maybe not be "open" as Google's Android OS but this is a step in the right direction, Apple will drop restrictions for third-party developer tools used for making IOS apps.
Now that Apple has lift the ban iPhone developers can choose to use whatever development tools they want "as long as the resulting apps do not download any code". The company is also releasing for the first time the App Store Review Guidelines which Apple says will "help developers understand how we review submitted apps. We hope it will make us more transparent and help our developers create even more successful apps for the App Store".
The controversial stance on development tools left company's like Adobe who created their Adobe Flash CS5 tools for the iPhone only to have blocked by Apple. Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen later gave up on developing on the iPhone when he said "we have moved on from this whole ordeal".
Apple's change of heart on iPhone restriction could be about Antitrust investigation
When Apple decided to lock out third-party development tools they unknowingly open the door for Antitrust investigators to peer into Apples approval process, the government never did begin but where considering it. With 250,000 apps already in the app store this move could open the door for developers who were considered developing for the iPhone but did not like the choice of tools provided. "We are continually trying to make the App Store even better. We have listened to our developers and taken much of their feedback to heart".
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