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He did say "based on iPhone OS", but I wonder if he mis-spoke especially given that he's not necessarily tech-savvy. In all likelihood, the tablet OS will be b
by novum 17y ago
He did say "based on iPhone OS", but I wonder if he mis-spoke especially given that he's not necessarily tech-savvy.
In all likelihood, the tablet OS will be based on OS X in the same way that iPhone OS is - many of the same architectural underpinnings, but a completely different presentation layer that's optimized for the hardware.
Maybe he meant "based on OS X, like iPhone OS"?
- dagw 17y agoI'm pretty sure he meant "looks a lot like the iPhone OS". Most non-tech people cannot differentiate between the look of a desktop and the underlying OS. If it looks and acts like the iPhone, do you really think he's going to be wondering what kernel and low level libraries are actually running?
- jamesbkel 17y agoI was thinking the same thing. Perhaps he misunderstood Apple telling McGraw-Hill that 'your e-books will work on iPhone and iSlate' as '[the tablet is] based on the iPhone operating system and so it will be transferable'.
- tfincannon 17y agoOver the weekend, Flurry detected iPhone apps with their analytics embedded running on a device with a tablet-sized screen. That makes it very likely the tablet is running iPhone OS. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1074409 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1074409
- xsmasher 17y agoNo, I think he was correct; it will probably run iPhone apps. I can't prove it, but if I could I'd be under NDA.