Comments on: In the future, we will not be iPhones http://www.ericgar.com/2008/06/27/in-the-future-we-will-not-be-iphones/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:25:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: notebook » Blog Archive » We will eventually be iPhones? (a followup) http://www.ericgar.com/2008/06/27/in-the-future-we-will-not-be-iphones/#comment-297 notebook » Blog Archive » We will eventually be iPhones? (a followup) Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:28:11 +0000 http://www.ericgar.com/?p=235#comment-297 [...] I’ve had a few discussions with a couple of friends about the my post and the iPhone in general. More often than not, the reaction towards the iPhone is negative: Give people the choice. Never think that a closed platform is an advantage. (via ericgar [...] [...] I’ve had a few discussions with a couple of friends about the my post and the iPhone in general. More often than not, the reaction towards the iPhone is negative: Give people the choice. Never think that a closed platform is an advantage. (via ericgar [...]

]]> By: Benny http://www.ericgar.com/2008/06/27/in-the-future-we-will-not-be-iphones/#comment-291 Benny Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:01:58 +0000 http://www.ericgar.com/?p=235#comment-291 I wholeheartedly agree that they're not mutually exclusive. But I think right now at this early stage o the iPhone, it's critical to make sure user experience isn't crappy. A big part of the reason why Vista didn't take off immediately (which I think killed it) was that hard driver writers wrote terrible drivers for Vista that crashed it all the time. Yes, the iPhone platform is different, but Apple probably wants to make sure its off to a good start. I wouldn't be surprised if they opened it up later on. There's also the ad hoc distribution that has yet to be seen. If they do it right, there might be a way to allow users to install applications outside of the AppStore. Lastly, our friends Aleks has argued that its because the iPhone hardware is bad. He says that the iPhone has no real memory management, and Apple needs to make sure the submitted app isn't messing around with the memory of other apps. PS: I think your timestamps are wrong. Looks like they're PST. I wholeheartedly agree that they’re not mutually exclusive. But I think right now at this early stage o the iPhone, it’s critical to make sure user experience isn’t crappy.

A big part of the reason why Vista didn’t take off immediately (which I think killed it) was that hard driver writers wrote terrible drivers for Vista that crashed it all the time. Yes, the iPhone platform is different, but Apple probably wants to make sure its off to a good start. I wouldn’t be surprised if they opened it up later on.

There’s also the ad hoc distribution that has yet to be seen. If they do it right, there might be a way to allow users to install applications outside of the AppStore.

Lastly, our friends Aleks has argued that its because the iPhone hardware is bad. He says that the iPhone has no real memory management, and Apple needs to make sure the submitted app isn’t messing around with the memory of other apps.

PS: I think your timestamps are wrong. Looks like they’re PST.

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