So do you know what I’m sick of? I’m sick of reading the heavily coloured sledging, Robert. Let me start with that up front, because tragically it’s about the most positive thing I’ve got to say all comment. Generally I like reading what you have to say. So – I expect to see Flash Lite on iPhone. Flash Lite is probably going to be the most important platform for that (given the Java ME community doesn’t *appear* to be addressing these needs). It’s also about enabling iPhone to be at the forefront of handling mobile “web apps” (which don’t require installation). It’s not only about being able to install 3rd party apps though. And depending on that decision, they might or might not need/want to put Java on iPhone. They will take this decision this based on how they believe they can make the most money. requiring all 3rd-party apps to be distributed via iTunes). like they do with iPod games), or by completely opening the phone so that anyone can write and install apps (like many existing mobile phones)… or somewhere in between (e.g. However, the decision that Apple needs to make is about whether to maintain tight control over the 3rd-party app market (e.g. I don’t think Apple has decided on all the details of this issue yet.Īctually, though, Steve Jobs has already said there *will* third-party apps for iPhone, which of course will be be sold through iTunes. I’m still amazed how they can pack something so powerful into something so small. Who knows we could see some iPhone specific websites developed for widescreen mode. Those two features are huge as desktop apps move to the browser. Apple is a consumer company at heart.ĭon’t forget the iPhone has Wifi and a browser. I’m sure they are working on technology that is “contained” so it cannot really mess up the experience. Your dope wars game won’t crash Cingular, but it could crash the phone. That’s what I really think he meant by his comments. Apple will be really aggressive on keeping the whole iPod/Phone experience the best it can be. Whether or not they will allow 3rd parties to make industry specific apps is unknown but I think multitouch is the perfect technology to do this stuff. I am hoping Apple will include RSS as Safari has it built in. Multi-touch is a revolutionary way to solve this problem. When you add on a bunch of things not really designed for it….ala TV, calendars, etc. I went out and bought a cell phone that does two things….dials numbers and sends texts. The whole experience of using a cellphone is pretty shitty these days. The iPhone is set out to solve a few problems Jobs mentioned in the keynote. Or, are you just sick of talking about the iPhone? What do you think? Is Steve Jobs sandbagging all of us? Somehow I have a sneaking feeling that Steve Jobs will announce in May that he’s “opened up” the iPhone by putting a runtime on it. A cool looking one that cost $600 and one that has a keyboard I can type on with Java and/or. I told him that’d mean I’ll have two phones in my pocket. Hmmm, maybe Steve Jobs is playing Bill Gates against Jonathan Schwartz and trying to get a better deal?įunny enough both Jonathan and I agreed that we’re going to buy an iPhone anyway. Or another one that is an RSS feed reader). Written by third-party developers (cool ones, too, and a hell of a lot more useful than random voice-mail listening that wowed the Apple fans at MacWorld iPhoneWorld - like an app that shows you all the traffic in Seattle and whether or not you’ll get to your appointments at Microsoft on time. Not to mention my Cingular phone has several. You mean there’s a billion phones with Java on them and Cingular’s network hasn’t gone down yet? Damn, how did that happen? Cingular doesn’t want to see their West Coast network go down because some application messed up.” “You need it to work when you need it to work. “You don’t want your phone to be an open platform”, meaning that anyone can write applications for it and potentially gum up the provider’s network, says Jobs. I did notice that Jonathan (my interview will be up tomorrow) didn’t say whether or not his pitch was successful.īut it sure makes this quote by Steve Jobs ( as linked to by Michael Gartenberg) seem awfully lame: His answer was he already gave Steve Jobs the pitch. I asked Jonathan about what his “put Java on iPhone” pitch to Steve Jobs would be. After all, Java already is running on a billion phones. I think Steve is trying to get a better deal from Jonathan Schwartz, CEO of Sun Microsystems. Remember when Steve Jobs gave us lots of excuses about why he wasn’t doing a video iPod? I do.ĭoesn’t it sound a lot like the same excuses that Apple gave us last week as to why they aren’t letting third-party developers build apps for the iPhone?
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