Business Insider is reporting that Apple is set to hold a secret iOS developer summit next week. The event apparently begins next Tuesday and will run for three days. While Business Insider doesn’t have any firm details yet, they speculate that the purpose of the summit is to improve the quality of apps on iOS devices in order to stave off competition from Google’s Android App Store.
The event coincides with the stated sometime-in-November release date of iOS 4.2, which will be available for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. iOS 4.2 will be the first major update to the iPad since its launch in March. It’s unknown what developers will be in attendance, but Business Insider speculates that whatever app developers are in attendance, they’ll likely get “some extra face time with Apple engineers” and some hands on dev help.
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Apple holding “secret summit” with select iOS devs next week originally appeared on TUAW on Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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