So here we are less than a week away from the release of the iPhone/iPod Touch SDK from Apple, and already people are getting cranky.
The good people at iLounge are pretty sure that at least three of aspects of the yet-to-be-announced plans are going to piss people off. But really, every time Apple does anything, people get pissed off.
The trio of issues is as follows: People are going to be upset that they can only download apps via iTunes, Apple will select exactly which apps iTunes will carry, and app makers won’t have access to the dock connector, so add-on GPS, Bluetooth dongles, and other hardware won’t be available.
The article breaks it down with details and, if you’re an iPhone or fellow iPod Touch user, definately worth a read.
iPhone/iPod SDK: Apple to approve, distribute apps, limit add-ons [iLounge]
Uh, according to that article the SDK isn’t getting released at the event (unless you consider a crippled Beta a launch). It says “Steve talks alot” on the 6th, “severly lame SDK ships” at WWDC in June. That’s way more than less than a week away. Except maybe not in the Reality Distortion Time Capsule.
So you’ll have to download apps from iTunes. The prospect of the iPhone going from innovative “dumb phone” (if you can’t install 3rd party apps on it sans hack, it is a dumb phone, end of story!) to a REAL “smart phone” shouldn’t result in ANY negative press.
It’s good, definitely, but not as good as it could be. For my $.02, a jailbroken iPhone is a REAL “smart phone” while an iPhone + SDK as iLounge describes it is still hovering between dumb and smart status. I mean, even Sprint’s dumb best phones let you buy and install new apps directly from the carrier deck (i.e. on the phone, over the cellular airwaves). The Apple plan as iLounge describes it means you still have to find a computer, log into iTunes, get yer stuff, and then sync up in order to get new apps on there.
That doesn’t even get into the whole Apple mafia system of approving, rejecting, rubber stamping, etc etc apps. For my money, smartphones are smart b/c they’re open to the smarts of any user/developer. If I want to write an app that bricks my WinMob or S60 device, I can do it, I can install it, I can run it, all without Microsoft or HTC or Nokia or Symbian’s blessing.
Jailbroken iPhone lets me do that. SDK iPhone does not.
In a way, this is smart of Apple, as they get to “let” the hackers have their smartphone and also still micromanage the “regular consumers’” experience - and let’s face it, it’s that micromanaged experience that Apple does best. But it’s still disappointing to those of us who held out hope for a return to the wild and wooly days when Apple encouraged people to think more differenter.
“I mean, even Sprint’s dumb best phones let you buy and install new apps”
Whoops … I meant “Sprint’s best dumb phones”
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i am kind of new to this whole apple stuff, but i got a question. Do you think it’s wise to buy an iphone (unlocked and jailbroken) after already having an existing account with ATT or one should buy the phone while opening a new account and then unlock and jailbreak it afterwards?
I just spoke to an ATT customer and she said, ATT will unlock iphone for me if i want and that they can block the web service if i request it. How true is that?
thanks