[Chris Barylick]

Per the rumor mill, Apple is expected to open its long-awaited App Store at the beginning of the Worldwide Developers' Conference next Monday. A source close to the story cited that the online store will launch and be up and running that day with Steve Jobs giving the keynote address at the event.

Other reports have only contributed to the fervor. A recent Gizmodo report has stated that the next generation iPhone, which is expected to run on the iPhone 2.0 software, will be released on Monday. The upgraded operating system software is expected to enable the delivery of applications through the App Store.

For owners of the current generation of iPhones, the iPhone 2.0 software is anticipated to work with both the current iPhone as well as the long-anticipated 3G version. Another source close to the story cited that the new iPhone will combine GPS and faster networking speeds, thereby allowing for a range of location-specific applications to arrive on the iPhone, putting Apple's handset on par with competing devices.

[Via CNET and Gizmodo]

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I think Jobs will show it off more on Monday and will give us a date of when it would be open for business. The iPhone SDK is currently in beta. Distribution of iPhone apps is not available until 2.0 is released. There would be nothing to sell in the store come Monday.

Originally Posted by Struggling App Developer

I think Jobs will show it off more on Monday and will give us a date of when it would be open for business. The iPhone SDK is currently in beta. Distribution of iPhone apps is not available until 2.0 is released. There would be nothing to sell in the store come Monday.

I agree. I am hoping that he will announce the official release of the final SDK so that people can submit their applications to the store to be ready for release on Day 1 (probably end of June).

He is going to want to have lots of apps ready on Day 1.

Originally Posted by *BL1

I agree. I am hoping that he will announce the official release of the final SDK so that people can submit their applications to the store to be ready for release on Day 1 (probably end of June).

He is going to want to have lots of apps ready on Day 1.

Apple already has over 100,000 apps ready to go. That was the entire point of setting up the developer program on March 6th. People create apps and submit them, not that hard. Only the SDK is in beta, doesnt mean that the 2.0 software is.