This is not good news, but not a total disaster, although developers
will be denied access to the client hardware platform, there is no
reason why anyone can't develop amazing web-based services accessible
from the iphone's built-in safari browser.
My sole concern about the iphone as a platform for location based
services, is how to programatically utilize unique MAC adresses of wifi
access points for geolocation processing. I am hoping that Apple willl
at least expose some level of access to the wifi connection functions.
- Mike
Beau Gunderson wrote:
"Apple CEO Steve Jobs stated emphatically that despite its OS X roots,
the Apple iPhone would be closed to third-party apps, remarking, "You
don't want your phone to be an open platform...Cingular doesn't want
to see their West Coast network go down because some application
messed up.""
Ouch.
http://www.betanews.com/article/Report_Apple_IPhone_Not_a_Smartphone/1169746276
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