When the iPhone was first announced, there was concern by the Apple community that there seemed to be ability for developers to write applications for the iPhone. In recent weeks, it appears that Apple have been more public in acknowledging this desire. Today they announced how this is to be satisfied.

When the iPhone commercials came out, some people noticed that the application previously named ‘Web’ had been renamed ‘Safari’. Today’s beta release of Safari 3 for Windows closes the issue. (It’s also available for Mac OS X.)

Steve Jobs gets it. Surprisingly many Apple analysts don’t. It’s not “Weeeeeaaaak.”

The iPhone version of Safari is Safari. Completely. By releasing Safari for Windows, Apple opens the iPhone to Windows-based developers of web applications. This release confirms that off-line standalone applications that run on mobile devices are, essentially dead. The future is online and interconnected.