Technology hasn't just advanced in recent years, it has exploded. Devices like the iPad and the iPhone now offer developers a unique, robust, and lucrative platform.

Since Apple launched the iPhone SDK in 2008, developers have created more than 225,000 applications for the App Store, and there are now more than 10,000 native apps for the iPad alone. The iPhone and iPad have breathed new life into application development, and brought thousands of developers to the Mac platform. The community of developers that has grown up around this platform is smart, capable and passionate. And there is room for you in this world.

Apple's rebranding of the iPhone OS to iOS is telling. Make no mistake: iOS is at the heart of Apple's future plans for mobile and net-connected devices such as the iPad.

Conference Photos

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