On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:00:07 +0000, David Kennedy wrote:

>> And no mention of
>> third party application support, it might no even be a smartphone.
>
> The specs say "running OSX" so it should be possible to support it quite
> simply.

Whether it technically can support third party apps and whether Apple will
allow third party apps on their phone are 2 different things. Look at all
those Linux phones in asia. Most of them do not allow you to install third
party applications even though they're running Linux.

You'll notice that during his one hour and a half demo of the phone, Steve
has carefully avoided mentionning the issue of third party apps and widgets
support. Surely, if developpers could develop third party apps or widgets
for the phone, this would be a major feature that Steve would have
emphasized or at least mentioned. Allowing third party native applications
on a phone is far from being a simple thing as, if not done properly, it
can seriously threaten the overall usabilty, security and stability of the
phone. This is however something that i'd love to see in the iPhone. Let's
wait and see.