Just wait.. the apps that get built for the iPhone are going to be freaking amazing. Boo hoo about 2% of the apps that can't be ported due to a license or design limitation. If you're a hacker, go ahead a try to port skype or mozilla or something--being "not blessed" by Apple will make it all the more appealing. For example, see how much attention jailbreaking the iPhone was.
I'm a C/C++/Java programmer and I'm learning the nutty objective C syntax so I can write some apps... Its been a long while since I've been this excited about a new platform to write for. Sure, it's a pain that I can't use my existing J2ME code--but I have yet to see a single J2ME application that actually looked good and didn't crash my crappy RAZR. The end results will be compelling. There will be no equal in terms of a polished UI, market share, and devoted users and developers.
This story gets it all wrong.. Should be about the 98% of the apps that can finally be available in a slick, beautiful, mobile package.
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Just wait.. the apps that get built for the iPhone are going to be freaking amazing. Boo hoo about 2% of the apps that can't be ported due to a license or design limitation. If you're a hacker, go ahead a try to port skype or mozilla or something--being "not blessed" by Apple will make it all the more appealing. For example, see how much attention jailbreaking the iPhone was. I'm a C/C++/Java programmer and I'm learning the nutty objective C syntax so I can write some apps... Its been a long while since I've been this excited about a new platform to write for. Sure, it's a pain that I can't use my existing J2ME code--but I have yet to see a single J2ME application that actually looked good and didn't crash my crappy RAZR. The end results will be compelling. There will be no equal in terms of a polished UI, market share, and devoted users and developers. This story gets it all wrong.. Should be about the 98% of the apps that can finally be available in a slick, beautiful, mobile package.
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