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| Are you an Apple fanboy?
I didn't notice it during the keynote. I'll go and check. I'd thank you for the pointer but as your tone is a little rude I won't.
Have you tried one of the keyboards? I'd rather use one myself before making a judgement. Thus, I have reservations.
To me the iPhone is more a computer than a smart phone. After all, it's got OS X (MACH3 and a FreeBSD personality) and Core Animation, rather than, say, Symbian with Flash.
My understanding is Apple say they're not allowing for any 3rd party development. No 3rd party stuff makes it a closed platform. On my iMAC I have replaced some of the Apple-supplied things with things that suit my tastes more. So I would be stuck with whatever Apple decide to install.
I'm not used to closed utility platforms (except for games consoles). So for me that closedness is a concern. | |
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Hi BeastofBodmin,
Thanks for your reply. I dont know that im an apple fanboy, as you so politely point out.
I consider myself a fan of what i think to be cool techology or gadgets. Your implication that I am favouring a particular company, whether the product is good or not, is neither accurate nor particularly complimentary either.
I didnt mean to be rude to you in my last post. I just was slightly irritated that someone would say that they are concerned about something that they havent seen, and yet, they could easily find out about it on the internet. Shall we put that behind us now? Did you yet find time to have a look on youtube or the keynote on apples site? What do you think now?
My second point is this. It also seems that you are quite a tech head from the list of mods you tend to make to your computing equipment. I can see why someone like you would feel that third party development is important for you. However, I think that for most people, it will be more important that the phone simply works well, and that the included feature set is both comprehensive enough and functional. I think that from what i have seen, that is likely to be the case with the iphone. I have the feeling though, that somewhere down the line, someone will crack the software and you will be able to do the things that you want.
Finally, I would point out again that for a 1st generation product, the iphone is looking pretty cool to me. Remember the 1st gen ipod?