[NTLK] NewtonTalk Digest, Vol 33, Issue 13

[Steven Frank]

FWIW, there's no longer an annual fee to be an Apple Developer.  Which means it's possible to build, sign, and install on your own iOS device for free.  It's still a difficult process to explain though, especially for non-programmers.

I can say with high confidence they will never allow it to be distributed through the App Store.

Steven


> On Sep 16, 2016, at 1:47 PM, Matthias Melcher <mm at matthiasm.com> wrote:
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> I really don't care about the manufacturer of the NewtonOS Einstein host hardware. Or the underlying operating system for that matter. Einstein on a mobile device is supposed to make me forget about the host OS and have a perfect NewtonOS experience.
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> Paul wrote Einstein originally on OS X. After he opened the sources, we ported it to MSWindows one night in Japan (sounds like a song title ;-). The first mobile port was mobile Linux using X11, then iOS (in the rough), then Android. I stopped the iOS development because my iOS knowledge is very limited, but mainly because Apple charged a yearly fee of $100 for developers, yet did not allow Einstein in the Apple store, making it impossible to run Einstein on unmodified iOS devices.
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> My focus on Android was mostly based on Apple's refusal to allow this free and open emulator on their machines. Samsung released the only available smart phone with a functioning pen with the Galaxy Note, which made it the obvious first choice for a replacement hardware.
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