First Third-party Native iPhone Application Released

An anonymous reader writes "A third-party native application for the iPhone is now available. Gizmodo discusses the real full-fledged iPhone application with a graphic user interface and its own icon in the iPhone home screen. It is not a Web 2.0 app but the real thing. What is it? Ironically enough, MobileTerminal, 'a terminal emulator application for the iPhone. MobileTerminal.app is NOT an SSH client, nor Telnet for that matter. It can however be used to execute a console ssh-client application.' The iPhone dev revolution has just started."

Comments

SWEET!

[AdmiralWeirdbeard]

...thats *totally* what I wanted to to with my multimedia smartphone!
Terminal!

Re:SWEET!

[Reverend528]

There are lots of neat things that you could do from the terminal on a multimedia smartphone.

You can use it to pipe text messages to festival. Then it's like you're actually talking to the other person!

Re:SWEET!

[doxology]

At last, the iPhone has a decent interface!

Re:Revolution?

[AdmiralWeirdbeard]

Heretic! All shall bow before the iChurch...

telemarketers

[fangorious]

I think the best use of this app would be to 'cat /dev/random > /dev/dsp' when a telemarketer calls.

Re:telemarketers

[pjt33]

Not /dev/random. You want to wait for a pause in the incoming sound wave and play samples of voice saying things like "Do go on" and "Could you run that past me again?"

Ultimate gaming platform?

[toleraen]

And finally, and most important, we can only hope that someone develops ScummVM and MAME, two game emulation platforms, soon. I want unlimited classic arcade games and Monkey Island in my iPhone. I hope all those classic games can be played with a single button...cause that's all you're getting.

Re:Ultimate gaming platform?

[CommunistHamster]

It's not called the "I WIN" button for nothing, you know...

Re:PSPhone DS

[huckamania]

That is going to be one busy developer. They are going to have to keep him stocked with snickers bars and jolt cola.

Re:Revolution?

[Anonymous Coward]

You've never tried to criticize Linux, have you? It's like cracking open a can of beer in a Mosque! They jump all over you and rip you to shreds... it's downright scary.

You've never tried to criticize Window, have you? It's like uttering the word Socialism at a Republican convention! They all break out their shotguns and try to lynch you... it's downright scary.

Now that most of the normal flamewar triggers have been pulled out of the bag can have a rational discussion now? .....

Re:Revolution?

[soft_guy]

Your post is so original and insightful that I'm sure legions of people are now saying "Gee, I need to rethink my relationship to apple."

You have answered the age old quesiton: do you want to post to slashdot, or do you want to CHANGE THE WORLD??? Well, I think in this post you have clearly accomplished both.

Re:Whoa there boy...

[nutshell42]

Apple fanboys are like people in an abusive relationship, they will interpret everything as a sign that Steve still does love them even while he's beating them with a belt (but it's not His fault! Of course, He's angry! If only they'd bought new Macs every 2 years like Windows users...)

Oh don't you love the smell of burnt karma in the morning =)

Re:PSPhone DS

[Anonymous Coward]

Lol, I choked on my sandwich you bastard after reading that.

Re:Revolution?

[xeoron]

Send him to the food bank to feed the gigashadow!