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No Third-party Apps on iPhone Says Jobs

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the hack-something-else dept.

wyldeone writes "In an interview with the New York Times, Steve Jobs confirms reports that the recently-announced iPhone will not allow third party applications to be installed. According to Jobs, 'These are devices that need to work, and you can't do that if you load any software on them.' In a similar vein, Jobs said in a MSNBC article that, 'Cingular doesn't want to see their West Coast network go down because some application messed up.'"

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  1. Re:At least it's got rounded edges... by fuzz6y · · Score: 2, Funny

    Shame there's no "+1 Flamebait"

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  2. Quick ! by jalet · · Score: 5, Funny

    Please could you shutdown the Internet right now before some poorly written application destroy it ?

    It seems Jobs think his users and followers are idiots...

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  3. Yaeh, that's our job! by Snufu · · Score: 5, Funny

    'Cingular doesn't want to see their West Coast network go down because some application messed up.' "We don't need outside help," a Cingular spokesperson added, "Our in-house programmers are perfectly capable of bringing down the network all by themselves. But thanks for asking."
  4. I had no idea... by SetupWeasel · · Score: 4, Funny

    That something would come along so soon and make the PS3 look like a sound investment.

  5. Re:Right... by Ath · · Score: 5, Funny
    "5 years ahead of anything out there"

    Well, because the iPhone will not be available for another 6 months I guess it really is 4 1/2 years ahead of anything out there.

  6. Re:Right... by mgabrys_sf · · Score: 1, Funny

    What war - I'm sorry was Apple going out of business again? What - did your computer's spyware type that message for you, because I'm lost.

  7. Re:Right... by kjart · · Score: 5, Funny

    (I have 4 apple laptops of various makes and models, plus two pre-g3 machines that still work -- though their only use is for show-n-tell time when company come over).

    That must be one crazy party.

  8. Re:Right... by shotgunsaint · · Score: 2, Funny

    For most people, the Wiki wouldn't need to fit ON the phone... it has built in WiFi and Safari. The only thing it doesn't come with is a nice cover with the big, friendly words "DON'T PANIC!" on it.

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