I've been thinking about the iPhone SDK and I'm wondering if the SDK is more than just the iPhone SDK....

Hello World! The iPhone SDK

I'm thinking, iPhone SDK is living a secret double life.

Yes, it's true.

We think we're writing software for a hand held platform, but we're really writing software for three completely separate platforms that all use the same interface technology.

The iPhone has a very mature interface design, all captured in Object Oriented Behavior that makes the iPhone an incredibly consistent, uniform and intuitive device.

Instead of having a large screen monitor in front of you, you view a hand-held screen from a bit of a distance and use your fingers to tap and swipe your way to the information you are looking for.

Now, consider two other computing devices that would also share this perspective and interaction paradigm.

We think we're writing software for a hand held platform, but we're really writing software for three completely separate platforms that all use the same interface technology.

When you watch TV, you sit back in the living room, the TV screen is large, but further away. When you sit in your car, you can easily imagine a larger screen navigation system that also controls the stereo and the air conditioning, and of course also takes phone calls.

What interface paradigm would this TV and Automobile have in common?

The iPhone UI kit is really a UI kit for Apple TV and also for a future Apple "Maxi Pad" (See Jesse's lame rumor) Click to Open Web Page and certainly, a future Apple Automobile device that controls the car, the stereo, surfs the web etc.

Apple TV will have the same version of Safari as the iPhone does, it will zoom and tap etc.

Think about it