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Apple's iPhone SDK: This is Brand New Big Sh*t, But

"And where are the social hooks? Can you establish social networks and build a social graph via the iPhone SDK? If not, why? If so, where is that outlined? I read over a dozen posts on the iPhone SDK and I didn't see the world social in any of them. The phone is the most personal (and therefore social) device in the world. There's got to be social hooks in something like this."

Facebook, myspace and other social networking sites are applications (developed with an SDK of some sorts) that are running on a server. If you want to build a social network and build graphs on your iPhone, wait till someone develops that application or better yet, do it yourself.

Be more concerned with the costs and revenues of the App store, developer reaction to the SDK, and competitors comments. Don't worry to much about building social networks on your iPhone: I prefer friends.