On Jan 12, 2007, at 12:17 AM, Nicolas Roard wrote:
> On 1/12/07, L.W. Brown <lwb@mac.com> wrote:
>> 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.
>
> Yes, I read the interview too :-/
> I'm a bit disappointed, frankly. I guess there's still a chance that
> it would simply be a "conformity test" (eg, $$$) process, and would
> allow non-conform apps to run with due warnings... but I have serious
> doubts now. It's a shame.
Too early to sweat this in my opinion. At least me know that it's
capable in that direction. I have to say that as a user of the Nokia
E60, I can certainly understand Jobs point with regards to third
party software breaking the phone functionality.
Still, adding apps should be a decision left to the end user in my
opinion, and if I can't run JackenIAX on the iphone, then I certainly
don't want one...
Marty
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