By now, we all know how the iPhone SDK turned out, but for those who are as yet unawares, the video of the presentation is available from Apple. On the one hand, the $99 membership fee makes it a bit of a costly enterprise for would-be iPhone developers (the SDK is free, but the membership fee is necessary to distribute the app). As an unfortunate side effect, this will probably discourage the development of free applications. On the other hand, the distribution system put into place looks to be incredibly convenient for the user.

Most interesting, however, were some of the games demonstrated in the event. The built in accelerometer on iPhone and iPod touch looks to make a unique interface for gameplay. Hopefully Apple releases their little fighter jet game, and one expects that Electronic Arts and Sega will release the games they demoed later in the year. Possibly the most unfortunate result of the meeting is the fact that the iPhone 2.0 software update, and the accompanying ability to acquire third-party software, won't be generally available until June.