Re: [NTLK] ARM processor powers iPhone?

On Jan 15, 2007, at 9:03 PM, Niklas Nisbeth wrote:

>> To make things a bit more
>> difficult, Newton runs in MSB first and all other devices in LSB
>> first mode (kind of like a Newton car is driving on the right hand
>> side, all others on the left hand side).
>
> Like x86 vs. PPC/68k, right? Makes sense, really. 'twas designed by
> Apple engineers, after all...
>
>>
>>> ... Too bad it's made by
>>> Steve Job's Apple...
>>>
>>> Steve hates geeks!
>>
>> We will see. At least Apple releases its developer packages for free.
>
> ... . Steve Jobs, who didn't even want the RAM
> to be upgradable on the Macintosh, does not think like that... and
> that's anti-geek, if you ask me.

True. They are not geek friendly, but they have come a long way from
using special screw on their cases. With regard to the iPod platform
development tools, you are right, it is unlikely that the general
public will see a dev environment any time soon.

Matthias

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