Appcelerator to release APIs for Apple Tablet - the plot thickens

Richard Goodwin

However, a recent survey of Titanium developers revealed that 90 per cent of them plan on creating applications for the Apple Tablet, which speaks volumes about the potential behind Apple’s as-yet-unannounced Tablet device.

Appcelerator, the company behind the open source Titanium platform that lets developers build desktop and mobile apps with web-based tools, has confirmed that its platform will soon generate native runtimes for the new Apple Tablet.

As we all know, “official” news regarding the almost mythical Apple Tablet has been kept thoroughly under wraps - and not much has changed this week either.

According to The Register, Appcelerator CEO Jeff Haynie declined to make any specific comments regarding his companies involvement with the as-yet-unannounced Apple Tablet.

However, Haynie did confirm that Appcelerator would be releasing additional details on Thursday and that Titanium’s Apple Tablet API’s would be with us very soon, said The Register.

In addition to this, Haynie also stated that Titanium would provide a few new APIs for the Apple Tablet that have previously not been seen in the public domain.

The Titanium platform has been used by developers to create native runtimes for Windows, Linux and also Mac desktops. In terms of smartphones, the platform has been popular with both Android and Apple developers.

However, a recent survey of Titanium developers revealed that 90 per cent of them plan on creating applications for the Apple Tablet, which speaks volumes about the potential behind Apple’s as-yet-unannounced Tablet device.

The report also revealed that the majority of developers are interested in creating business and productivity applications for the Apple Tablet, indicating a distinct move away from games development, which is currently the most popular type of app developed on the iPhone format.

"Both business and education apps scored really high. This device may move much more quickly into the enterprise than the iPhone.”

He added: “People are expecting more multi-touch abilities, something that comes with a larger screen and better screen resolutions.”