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iPhone To Allow 3rd-Party Development

Posted by kdawson on from the let-us-at-it dept.

Anarchysoft writes "In an exciting shift from previous statements, Apple CEO Steve Jobs revealed at the D Conference that 3rd-party development will be supported on the iPhone. Questions remain as to whether the opening of the platform, slated for later this year, will be through Dashboard-like widgets or a separate SDK."

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  1. Its not an exciting shift by Timesprout · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Its an embarassing climbdown. Apple are notorious for tying to control everything, the negative feedback from the marketplace has obviously influenced this 'shift'.

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  2. Re:A much better link by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    And with that one post all of Apple stories on Slashdot is summed up nicely with the Troll mod.

    The public ridicule the iPhone has gotten since it was announced has been unprecedented for an Apple product. The price is, as usual, way too high. The feature set is laughable compared to other phones.

    Apple is scrambling to try to salvage the public perception of the beleaguered product. Selling to only hardcore Apple/Jobs fans would be a disaster. A price cut is most likely the next move to try to get the general cellphone demographic to stop laughing at the iPhone and at least consider it as an option.