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In an interview at the "All things Digital Conference", Steve Jobs confirmed late June as the target timeframe for the iPhone. According to Jobs, the iPhone should be available in volume as well.

We knew that the iPhone was based on OS X but we learned during the interview that the entire OS X is integrated in the iPhone. The Safari version available on the iPhone is also a full version of Apple’s browser.

Third parties apps will be available in the future both not for now. Security of the iPhone is the reason why the iPhone is closed for the time being.

Here’s an excerpt from the interview:

Q: When are you planning to ship? Like the last day of June? It will be available in volume?

Late June… I hope not! I hope so!

Q: But the iPhone doesn’t REALLY have the whole OS X operating system on there…

The answer is: yes it does! The entire Mac OS is gigs, a lot is data. Take out the data — every desktop pattern, sound sample — if you look at Safari it’s not that big. It’s REAL Safari, REAL OS X. We put a different user interface on it to work with a multi-touch screen… it’s an amazing amount of software.

Q: All indications appear that the iPhone is closed, we’d love to develop apps…

This is an important tradeoff between security and openness. We want both. We’re working through a way… we’ll find a way to let 3rd parties write apps and still preserve security on the iPhone. But until we find that way we can’t compromise the security of the phone.

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