Developers and the iPhone - iPhone 3G

Spin This! · 06-12-2007, 09:49 PM

I have to agree with Gruber on this... you can do some amazing things with web apps but direct access to the hardware won't be possible.

Too bad we won't be seeing GPS using bluetooth... cool uses for the accelerometer (some guy wanted to write a "labyrinth" style game)... etc.

I really hope Apple reverses their decision on this and writes an API for the iPhone. Maybe it'll happen later but until then, web apps are all we got for now.

ebrunn · 06-12-2007, 10:20 PM

I say its a pretty good temporary solution.

joe · 06-12-2007, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by ebrunn

I say its a pretty good temporary solution.

I agree! If you get an iPhone on the 29th you'll have a lot of apps ready and waiting for you.

wjp09 · 06-12-2007, 10:26 PM

They could expand in the future also.

Spin This! · 06-13-2007, 12:38 AM

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Originally Posted by joe

I agree! If you get an iPhone on the 29th you'll have a lot of apps ready and waiting for you.

apps... if you mean web pages.

Vagabundo23 · 06-13-2007, 12:41 AM

I'm desperate. 18 days is too much for me, but im waiting

robhon · 06-13-2007, 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by ebrunn

I say its a pretty good temporary solution.

That's the same vibe I'm getting out of it. I think Apple is keeping the lid on tight to start. Then as they can feel assured that everything is secure they'll start opening up the iPhone to outside development.

BTW, the labyrinth game with the accellerometer sounds totally sick!

joe · 06-13-2007, 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Spin This!

apps... if you mean web pages.

Nah, I mean web apps, "apps" for short.

Applications are relative. They can be served locally or remotely. This is the idea behind a lot of what Google is doing these days. Webmail is an example.

Vagabundo23 · 06-13-2007, 12:50 AM

HTC's iPhone rival set for U.S. launch

Taiwan smart phone maker High Tech Computer said Tuesday that it will launch one of its own branded touch-screen phones in the United States by the end of the year, as it seeks to compete with Apple's iPhone. The company's second-half U.S. launch for its newly released HTC Touch phone follows a recent release for the model in Britain, said Chief Executive Officer Peter Chou.
The model, a so-called smart phone with cell phone and personal digital assistant (PDA) capabilities, will use touch-screen technology similar to that of the iPhone, which is set for release on June 29.
"We've finally walked out of our different twists and turns," Chou said, a reference to his company's recent shift from making phones for other firms, known as original design manufacturing (ODM), to making phones under its own HTC brand name.
Chou said non-ODM phones now account for more than 70 percent of the company's sales.

wjp09 · 06-13-2007, 12:50 AM

nice sig quote rob