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I think people forget that the iPhone was originally supposed to be an app-free environment (at least for 3rd parties) and instead rely on web apps.
by elblanco 17y ago
I think people forget that the iPhone was originally supposed to be an app-free environment (at least for 3rd parties) and instead rely on web apps.
- pohl 17y agoThat's an extraordinary claim, given that it's more likely that the secretive & perfectionist Apple might have merely been quietly finishing and documenting the SDK, only using the web apps story to placate developers and buy time.
- elblanco 17y agoBlast from the past. http://www.tuaw.com/2007/01/10/apple-vps-confirm-no-3rd-party-iphone-apps/ http://www.tuaw.com/2007/01/10/apple-vps-confirm-no-3rd-part...
- pohl 17y agoMisdirection is a part of their secretive nature. They don't telegraph their punches. Instead, we hear Jobs say that they can't think of what one would do with a tablet beyond reading on the toilet and that people don't read anymore.