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Wednesday May 30, 2007
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PC Magazine didn't send me to the D conference (Tim Bajarin is there for us), so I've been following the speeches through Ryan Block's liveblogging on Engadget. Two things jumped out at me that I'd like to share if you haven't read the whole thing.
1. The iPhone actually runs OS X, but not Aqua. Ryan quotes Steve as saying "Take out the data -- every desktop pattern, sound sample -- if you look at Safari it's not that big. It's REAL Safari, REAL OS X. We put a different user interface on it to work with a multi-touch screen... it's an amazing amount of software." In other words, there's a Darwin kernel under here, but not an Aqua UI. That would be encouraging for software developers, if Apple allowed software developers to exist. Which brings me to ...
2. There will be some kind of third party application development. Ryan quotes Steve, "We're working through a way... we'll find a way to let 3rd parties write apps and still preserve security on the iPhone." Sounds like it will be a Verizon, BREW-esque scenario where every app has to be signed and approved by Apple. But it's better than nothing. Your opinions?
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May 31, 2007 10:30 PM
I just want Iphone to have slingbox as a 3rd party app
June 3, 2007 4:30 PM
do you know where i can get the AT&T Partner Button for my website? (like amazon, ebay etc.?) Martin