Mobile application developer Larry Borsato could have chosen to write software for Symbian, BlackBerry or Android, but he didn’t. Borsato chose Apple’s iPhone.
Borsato reports for The Industry Standard, “Since Apple owns the hardware and the operating system, they have created an experience on the iPhone that is virtually identical to that of the Mac. And they have also provided the ability to leverage existing Mac development on the iPhone by providing virtually the same Cocoa Framework as that of the Mac. If you know Mac development, you can develop for the iPhone, or you can easily port your existing code. I haven’t developed on the Mac in over a decade, but I was able to pick it up in a couple of days.”
“And the iPhone has already changed the mobile landscape. iPhone use of the Internet is much higher than that of other smartphones, and far exceeds that of the market in general,” Borsato reports. “Google sees 50 times more search requests coming from iPhones.”
“The iPhone is going to be the platform that makes the mobile Internet real and usable — essentially a mobile computer — which will drive the adoption of new mobile applications. Once you’ve touched the screen to follow a link in the exceptionally readable browser, you know that this is the standard by which all future mobile phones will be measured,” Borsato reports.
“My choice was a simple one. I merely selected the platform that has already redefined the mobile phone market,” Borsato reports. “And besides, have you seen the iPhone? It is seriously cool. After all, once you get past all the logical reasons for selecting a platform, every developer wants to work on the cool one.”
Full article via Computerworld here.
That and making developing for Apple products is the most fun thing ever. DUH.
“…once you get past all the logical reasons for selecting a platform, every developer wants to work on the cool one.”
Priceless.
I heard that Telcel in Mexico will have a plan for more that $100Dlls (equivalent) and will trap you for 20 months.
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/finanzas/65263.html
Well, I think it is because it’s the first mobile device actually worth the bother of programming for. The rest are so dull it’s just a job, hardly something you would ‘flock to’, just something you might have to do to earn your next dinner.
Others will appear in time, but the dull people will have to either get interesting or move out. they’ve had a free ride as parasites for a long time now, but the gravy train is coming to an end for them.
<i>”Developers, developers, developers, developers…
Developers, developers, developers, developers…
Developers, developers, developers, developers…
Developers, developers, developers, developers…
…er, where’d they all go????????”
© Steve Balmer 2009.
How is this Mac related news??
A strong showing for Mac articles recently I see.
/sarcasm
cynic: iPhone = Mac nano
That video was so wrong on so many levels that I am ending subscription to MDN and mailing my Name, Address and Social Security Number to Viacom.
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It’s beyond simply developing for a platform which is cool, etc. Developers want their software to be used, and most of them are trying to make a living developing software. iPhone users are going to be very likely to purchase at least a couple of apps, which lets developers sell their work.
Most mobile phones use an OS which is not really designed for mobile internet. Look how few developers created apps under Web 2.0 for the current iPhone – almost none! Sure, it could be done, but no one was very enthused about it, even with Apple carrying on about how great Web 2.0 apps would be.
Now developers finally have the chance to create apps for a true handheld computer, which happens to have a phone crammed into it also. That’s a complete about-face from what all other phones have been to this point, including Palm Treos and Blackberrys.
developers, developers,developers,developers,developers,developers,………..zzzzzzZZZZZzzzz lol
It must be about Developers!
I don’t get it. The Judge said I was crazy for doing that. But this guy is the CEO of the world’s biggest suckware developer????
sigh
OMG!! This sweaty nutcase is the CEO of a major corporation? In the immortal words of John McEnroe, “You canNOT be SERIOUS!”
Do they not sell deodorant in Seattle? Does M$ not do psychological profiling of its job candidates? Damn!
Peace.
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Olmecmystic
But it does not have a plastic keyboard……
that clip never gets old.
“Give it up for me!”
What an idiot.
so iPhone users can’t see the MDN take. Missing plugin. Sigh. So much for being the best phone. Its still great though.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1763276956369539218&q=ballmer
unedited clip above
They guy is going to have a heart attack. This guy is motivating? This guy is a CEO for a major company? This guy is a leader?
What a joke. Right place, right friends, right time. The school yard bully got lucky.
I sometimes think I am jealous, but watching the video reminds me that I am glad I am not him.
There is a right way and a wrong way to attract developers. You can create a great product that is innovative and intuitive, or you can have your morbidly obese CEO prance around on a stage like Richard Simmons.
OMG he’s so fat and sweaty. Gross. Hey, how ’bout an article about how dumb of a name mobileme and .me are? I have a .mac account and I’ll be damned if I’m switching to the .me tag. How lame.
So Ballmer is a gross sweaty fatty and Jobs looks like he just got released from a Nazi work camp. They both need a health guru.
Should have the decency to tell him he looks like a fat cocky retarded pig nanny dancing around the stage like that ritalin case study fat kid.
I’m a developer, and, like other developers who develop, I am looking forward to developing apps for the iPhone—the best development in mobile telephony since, well, the development of the mobile phone. I, as well as my many friends who develop, am looking forward to many years of developing developments for those who will use the fruit of my developing with their iPhone. That said, develop, develop, develop, spam, develop, spam, eggs and spam (develop).
Developingly yours,
Joe Developer
“cynic
How is this Mac related news??”
first line of article: “Mobile application developer Larry Borsato could have chosen to write software for Symbian, BlackBerry or Android, but he didn’t. Borsato chose Apple’s iPhone.”
umm, you know the iPhone runs OS X and is in fact (shh this is a secret!) a tiny Mac, right?
I kind of like the .me your email is even easier for someone to remember Username@me.com
what an astonishingly disturbing video.