Mehdi wrote:
> 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.

A (Mac) colleague contacted them to find out. Their reply was that, for
now, the phone is closed to 3rd party applications.

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