Michael Johnston
May 11th, 2007, 08:53 PM
It certainly seems that way. As far as 3rd party apps for the iPhone go, Apple has said they will allow them, but only through Apple but only after they have been thoroughly tested. The "official" reasoning is that they don't want people's iPhones crashing due to poorly written apps. The argument against that is something to the effect of "if it runs OS X, it shouldn't matter". I suppose the largest factor there is weather or not it's TRUE OS X. My gut tells me it will be.
In an interesting development, however, it seems as though Apple may still be considering the idea. During Apple's shareholders meeting held Wednesday, Steve Jobs was asked about 3rd party apps on the iPhone:
<blockquote>"Jobs did acknowledge that the company is still struggling to decide if third-party developers will be able to create software that will run on the iPhone. It’s a decision Apple “is wrestling with,” according to Jobs."</blockquote>
Of course, the potential for something that might possibly maybe happen is better than something that just isn't friggin happening. So who knows.
In an interesting development, however, it seems as though Apple may still be considering the idea. During Apple's shareholders meeting held Wednesday, Steve Jobs was asked about 3rd party apps on the iPhone:
<blockquote>"Jobs did acknowledge that the company is still struggling to decide if third-party developers will be able to create software that will run on the iPhone. It’s a decision Apple “is wrestling with,” according to Jobs."</blockquote>
Of course, the potential for something that might possibly maybe happen is better than something that just isn't friggin happening. So who knows.