After getting my company iPhone a few weeks ago, took probably fifteen minutes until the desire arose that I really want to develop my own iPhone app. The sweeping – scrolling new dimensions of the iPhone I think make every UI Designer’s mind itch. I quickly moved onto the topic and found quite a few good starting points I would like to share with you.
Put Stanford Uni in your pocket
Probably everyone has heard about Stanford University and we all know some great people who got their degree from them. 
Who would not like to listen to the professors of Stanford to get to know what do they have in mind? Apple and the iTunes U now brings Stanford to your iPhone or iPod (I guess iPad as well). And Stanford offers you a whole series on How to Develop your own iPhone Application. And it is completely free. Click here to reach the Stanford’s iTunes page or open your iTunes and click on the iTunes U service.
The easiest way to build your iPhone Application
I’ve found this article on Nettuts which so far seems to be the easiest way how to develop an application for the iPhone. This tutorial shows the way how to create a mobile web app with an iPhone look and feel using jQTouch, then turn it into a native iPhone app using Phonegap. This means no Objective-C necessary. Which is probably good news for many of us. Read the tutorial here.
The top 10 tutorials of iPhone application development
Here is another list from Simple Thoughts (or Taragana blog) with 10 tutorials about iPhone development. Another great guideline and helping points to start own your own.
1. Objective-C and Interface Builder
In order to build iPhone apps you would require a the basics of Cocoa Touch, Objective-C, and Interface Builder. This free tutorial will assist you to learn the elementary knowledge required for developing iPhone apps.
2. First iPhone Application
This tutorial gives you a brief introduction on how to get started with your first iPhone application. This app has been named as
3. Basic iPhone Programming
This is a great tutorial for those new to iPhone SDK Programming (Cocoa in general). Learn the techniques for creating lables, Allocating Classes, AND how to use the basic features of Xcode.
4. Cocoa Touch Tutorial
This tutorial teaches you how to build the a basic Cocoa application using Interface Builder.
5. iPhone SDK Tutorial: Build a Simple RSS reader for the iPhone
To follow this tutorial you would require some familiarity iPhone SDK. This free tutorial allows you to build an RSS feed reader for simple feed.
6. How to make an iPhone Application on XCode
This is an video tutorial that teaches you the step by step procedure need to get an iPhone application running on The XCode Simulator.
7. iPhone Application Tutorial
This tutorial combines two applications – Hello World app and Timer app. By the end of this tutorial you would have the foundation to think about future apps.
8. iPhone Dev Sessions: How To Make An Orientation-Aware Clock
This free tutorial provides you with the steps to create a simple clock that is orientation-aware. in this app the time will rotate as you rotate the iPhone.
9. iPhone Programming Tutorial – Creating a ToDo List Using SQLite Part 1
Before you head for this tutorial you must be well acquainted with UITableViews. With the help of this tutorial you may create a prioritized To-Do list with SQLite.
10. Make an iPhone App Using the Envato API
This tutorial teaches you how to make create your own iPhone app using data from the new API. This can be a useful for those in the beginning stages of API and JSON.
