Things seem to have started to change for Apple Inc.’s iPhone, as the company’s CEO Steve Jobs has announced today that third-party applications will soon be coming for the controversial mobile phone This announcement comes in a period of time when the iPhone has transformed from the once popular gadget into a controversial device, which has been recently frozen by its first software update.

Steve Jobs has announced the amazing news today through a new open letter posted on the Hot News section of the company’s web site. The CEO’s letter has confirmed this way the reports that the SDK (software development kit) for its iPhone will be released to the developers the year to come. The software development kit will come in February, rather than in January – as has been previously reported.

Although till now the iPhone has kept away from becoming an open platform, Steve Jobs has said today that his company is “excited about creating a vibrant third party developer community around the iPhone and enabling hundreds of new applications for our users”.

The recent amazing move makes sense in fact, as Apple Inc. would have never been able to win the hacking war. The iPhones’ users have also always wanted third-party applications for their mobile phones, as well as for their iPod Touches, which will as well be opened up by the software development kit, as Steve Jobs has confirmed. This move is likely to rehabilitate Apple Inc. and the iPhone in front of the maddened users.