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iPhone Can Now Run Apache, Python, Vim
An anonymous reader writes "After the first Hello World application, hacker NerveGas and the people at #iphone-shell have built Apache, Python and other Open Source apps for the iPhone using NightWatch's toolchain. Yes, your iPhone can now be a Web Server and do all sort of 1337 things. This also means that third-party applications for iPhone will happen no matter what. People, iPhone Doom could be just around the corner." It's fairly thin on information but if true, this will lead to good things. Like hopefully permission from apple.
now i'm going to code all kinds of close source things for my iphone to run. mwuahahahaha
I'll take the Neo and OpenMoko over a carrier-locked-2-year-contract-proprietary phone on which running "Hello world" gets to be news.
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err total bullshit. jobs went on the record stating they didn't add 3rd party functionality because phone companies don't want you to.
http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/12/ 0430200&from=rss
enough with the stupid apple love ok? there's plenty of better smart phones out there for a lot fucking less.
If you mod me down, I will become more powerful than you can imagine....
You haters just keep posting up how apple with do this or ATT will do that...since most of this will be on WiFi apple wont care and neither will ATT. Watch and learn....Apple planned for this to happen. ATT may not like it but ATT is not driving the bus Apple is. So who wants to bet me coke im wrong....i loves me some free coke-a-cola's HAHAHAHA to all you who said it was a bomb of a device...watch learn...and be ready to repent. There is a reason Apple has made Billions over the years and most of you still live at home in your moms basements. Also note Apple has never been accused of being Evil or a Monopoly or pretty much run afoul of governments......like MS. They are a much smarter breed of corporation. Dont bother hating back...just shutup and watch and learn....the world she is a changin and Apple she is a kicken butt :)
. I love the sound of burning women and screaming rubber....
This is not news. This is some little nerd getting a woody for the first time in his life because his gay little trendy hardware that does nothing special can run putty.
What???
Has the god of all; gods, Apple, done something stupid? My oh my! The world is coming to an end...
Knowing Apple and their crap, I'm not surprised... Apple don't want people to fiddle with the iPhone, At&T don't want people to fiddle with it. They both want it closed so they and they alone can offer additional services and software for a premium fee. Do you really think they want to give away money for free?
If you mod me down, I *will* introduce you to my sister!
Has there ever been a timmarhy post that got its facts straight?
The iPhone already took down a large Cisco powered network - and that was without 3rd party software. I'd expect AT&T's network to be less robust.
Nice to see hackers have fun with the iphone. But for the rest of us: why doesn't apple allow us to install our own applications? Why does apple force us to go with one specific provider? Why does Apple not support UMTS, WAP, Flash etc.? Why does Apple not allow us to replace the battery ourselves? Why does Apple not let us do stuff with the thing that we have been doing on other phones for years? Why does Apple think that a nice look and a user interface that misses tactile feedback and therefore cannot be used without constantly staring at it can make up for all those missing functionality?
But the real interesting question is: why is a crappy, overpriced piece of geek trash like the iPhone causing that much hype? Are people nuts?