The original iPhone had no App Store or public native-app SDK, both of which Apple introduced with the iPhone 2.0 platform in 2008.

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"The original iPhone had no App Store or public native-app SDK, both of which Apple introduced with the iPhone 2.0 platform in 2008."

Apple's iPhone 2.0 announcement introduced both the iPhone SDK for native third-party development and the new App Store, confirming that these were additions to the original iPhone platform.

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Source title Apple Announces iPhone 2.0 Software Beta

Source authors Apple

Source year 2008

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