January 09, 2007
The iPhone as a platform
Tonight, every nerd I know is salivating over the iPhone.
Obviously people are orgasmic over the sexyness: the form-factor, the fluid touch-screen, the (for serious!) smart calling software, the media apps, and the internet connectivity.
But I think the real story here is we finally have a real platform for mobile application development, complete with real OS, real apis, and a real web browser capable of running real web applications - all delivered by a company that isn't going to fight us every step of the way.
And the sexyness ensures it's going to be very popular.
It almost sounds like the mobile platform we've been waiting for for the past ten years!
This is going to be big :)
Posted by Josh Staiger at 09:47 PM
Comments
Posted by: Dionysis January 10, 2007 09:18 AM | Permanent link
No, admittedly this is all speculation on my part.
But I'd be surprised (and disappointed) if Apple doesn't go this route.
Even if they don't open up the device APIs, finally having a non-half-assed web browser on a popular mobile device is a huge win in and of itself for mobile app developers.
Posted by: Josh Staiger January 10, 2007 09:26 AM | Permanent link
Apple has included Widgets in the iPhone. They're allot easier to develop than a java phone app. It only requires html, css, and javascript knowledge. I hope Apple opens up development even more. We'll probably have to wait for 10.5 leopard to come out.
Posted by: BrianR January 10, 2007 11:21 PM | Permanent link
This is the last of the rumor-mongering I'm going to do on the topic (for a while), but yesterday a friend of mine pointed out that the release date for the iPhone (June 2007), happens to coincide closely with Apple's 2007 World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) (June 2007).
Things that make you go hmmm.
Posted by: Josh Staiger January 11, 2007 03:26 PM | Permanent link
"real platform, real OS, real apis, real web browser"...
Have you actually seen these things? Have you actually coded with this APIs?