iPhone to support Web 2.0 Apps

[ablack6596]

Originally Posted by Natobasso

Jobs has to offer 3rd party participation while simultaneously trying to sidestep Cingular/ATT's wish that this NOT happen due to opening the system up to hackers (which happens regardless).

There are already plenty of phones that allow third party apps. The only reason why third party apps would not be allowed, is because they could possibly allow you to avoid paying them money. It's just like Verizon disabling bluetooth/bluetooth features to try and force you to have to email yourself pictures, of course for a fee. Either Apple is trying to limit you to programs they sell/media they sell or Cingular is doing something similar.

I feel like slapping people every time they say the iPhone supports third party apps through Safari, or something similar. It supports viewing websites, like they've said from the beginning. That's nothing! I want VNC and VLC for my iPhone. I want games that take advantage of the touch screen. It's great if Apple wants to sell games from EA, Namco, etc on the iTunes Store, but I want Ambrosia, Freeverse, and random people to be able to make stuff as well.

Also a third party app should not be able to ruin an iPhone. If it's badly coded, the app will crash. It should have no effect on the rest of the iPhone or any effect if you don't open the app.

I'm very disappointed in Apple. Not just for not allowing third party apps, but also trying to act as if they are by allowing websites to run. I was ready to buy an iPhone if they announced a SDK at WWDC. Now I need to find another phone, probably from Sony Ericsson.

[Natobasso]

Remember, this is only the first step on the road to a great cell phone/computer. When the mac first came out it had 6Khz chip and 1MB of RAM and look at it now! Something to consider anyway.

[fryke]

It had an 8 MHz chip and 128 KB of RAM, though.
I think, though, that this is _not_ simply a new platform that will evolve to what we want. Quite clearly, Apple does _not_ want to release an SDK. It wouldn't be a technical problem. Couple of Cocoa frameworks and templates and off you go. They want to control this system as closely as they can. They would've preferred the iPod way, where they basically control _everything_ unless you go the linux route. They now hope that users will shut up, because the web app route at least gives _some_ form of 3rd party apps.

To some extent, I also agree with their decision. Platforms like S60 or Palm and Windows CE _are_ plagued by 3rd party hacks and tools that _do_ make the system unstable. Apple wants the iPhone _not_ to reboot twice a day.

I just fear that Apple won't deliver anything I want on it. They're not really interested to have a decent little office suite on the iPhone, whereas _I_ love to write documents with very small computers. (Loved the eMate, love the Nokia Communicator, love the treo 680...). They think the integrated iCal is good enough, whereas I love Agendus on a Palm's different approaches to listing agenda items. The Mac, from the very beginning, was great because it had a basic set that was good - but allowed other developers to extend it vastly.

[Natobasso]

True
http://lowendmac.com/compact/128k.shtml

I'm sick today, so I deserve a break.