StyleTap allows Windows Mobile users to run Palm OS applications on the their PDAs and smartphones and plans to soon so the same for Symbian S60/UIQ devices. A video posted to StyleTap’s Web site indicates a version for the iPhone and iPod touch may be in the offing as well…eventually.

The video is showing off StyleTap's Palm-platform emulator running on an iPod touch, according to the company. It is experimental prototype edition, however, and does not mean a beta, let alone a commercial version of the software will ever become available.

StyleTap is quite emphatic about that point. A notice from StyleTap reads:

This is an EXPERIMENTAL version – it is NOT a product, nor is its presence here a commitment of any kind, express or implied, that StyleTap Inc. will ever release an official version of StyleTap CrossPlatform for Apple iPhone or iPod Touch.

Here's the video:

Should StyleTap eventually release a commercial version of this software, however, it'll certainly be a boon to consumers, who will gain access to the well over 30,000 Palm OS applications already on the market. This would tide them over as the official iPhone application market (there's already a market for unofficial programs) slowly builds once Apple releases its iPhone software development kit (SDK).

Apple's yet to release the SDK or layout the details of its distribution system, however. The SDK is supposed to become available this month. But February is quickly coming to close with nary an SDK in site.

StyleTap's caution on the matter is warranted. They'll want to stay on Apple's good side to have a chance of accessing consumers directly should they eventually develop a commercial version of the software.  

Rumor has it Apple's going maintain strict control over how users t buy, download and install native iPhone software, relying on iTunes as the method for doing so, as it does with everything else iPhone and iPod touch related.

There have been reports over the last few days that introduction of the kit has been delayed for one to three weeks. We’ll see.