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iPhone takes a big step forward

Started by brisbourne · 6 months ago

Jobs announced yesterday that from June the iPhone will be able to receive push email, and that they will open the platform so third party developers can write apps to it.
These are two big steps forward, for Apple and the mobile internet generally.
They got one thing wrong though. Third pa ... Continue reading »

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  • You'll be able to get free iPhone apps from the iTunes store and Apple will not charge developer for making those available, so yes, they have allowed innovation to flourish. The drawback is that the store will be a bottleneck and there is no Long Tail crowd intelligence in the iTunes store to bubble up the best apps.
  • Thanks Mike - I will update the post.

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