Re: [NTLK] iPhone - 3d Party Apps (was: Text input)

From: L.W. Brown <lwb_at_mac.com>
Date: Thu Jan 11 2007 - 22:01:38 EST

In an interview, Jobs was quoted as having explicitly stated that
they would allow 3d-party apps, but would control them carefully to
make sure they did not break any of the phone features.

On 11. Jan, 2007, at 14:26, Nicolas Roard wrote:

> That's the real question. Will it allow 3rd party application ?
> Somehow the rumors are that it won't. Yet I can't believe it -- it
> would be a really, really stupid error from Apple, and they proved to
> be excessively smart business-wise these last few years :D
>
> Beside, who would care about using Core Video and Cocoa if not 3rd
> party developers ?
> So why mention them during the presentation if the iPhone won't be
> "open"...

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