Some developers are being rumored to be in possession of early versions of Apple's upcoming iPhone and iPod touch software developer kits. This according to Electronista.

These developers are reported to have gotten more advanced yet still rough versions of the current web-only solution. The SDK will reportedly become officially available to the development community in February next year.

The rumored SDK supposedly produces native programs and "somewhat resembles Google's OpenSocial in that it mediates between the programmer and the iPhone operating system." According to Electronista's sources, the SDK's feature set is broad enough, but it will not be the same as writing a Mac OS X application and has its clear limits.