> I was under the impression—based on several reports I've read—that at launch Apple actually had no intention of building an app store or allowing third party

> I was under the impression—based on several reports I've read—that at launch Apple actually had no intention of building an app store or allowing third party iPhone apps I've seen contrary rumours that Apple always intended to do so, but that it wasn't going to be ready for iPhone OS 1.0 so they promoted web apps until 2.0 was ready. But I'm not sure we'll ever know which is actually true.