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.
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I kind of see your point, but if they wanted it to be immediately memorable and unforgettable, they could have named it .retard or .eatme or .geddylee.
If you develop for Windows you have to throw a slab of meat for Ballmer to Chaw on. Look what happens to him if he doesn’t get his daily feed!!! All sweaty and nasty like that video… YUCK.
Forgot to mention in case nobody else noticed. You can now view certain video’s in safari on Apple’s web site, yes you have been able to do this for years, but not on the iPhone or iPod touch. The familiar little blue circle white arrow appears and BAM, QuickTime video to go. Also, on the iPhone 3G guided tour.
Looks like Apple has a mobile QuickTime after all, at least a work in progress.
@ jarrettdailynews
It could be nice to read Roughly Drafted Magazine. There is an article about what will Snow Leopard ship. One of those components is QuickTime X.
Daniel Eran Dilger explains that Snow Leopard is getting some benefits from the iPhone development, specially on some optimization, due the limited memory and other resources on the iPhone.
So maybe this is not a work in progress.
Peace.
I’m pretty sure the sign behind the fat nut on stage says, “Winblows”
Ballmer is revving up to play Fat Bastard in the next Austin Powers movie.
Short term prediction: The App Store makes the iPhone a legitimate platform.
Long term prediction: A substantial portion of consumers realize that they can do everything they need to do on the iPhone and use it as their one and only computing device. Crazy? Or visionary?
Read the article, all I was saying is slowly but surely Apple is rolling out QuickTime mobile for the touch platform.
Developers are flocking because the iPhone is a REAL platform, a handheld Mac. Nothing else even comes close.
Apple is doing everything with OS X that Microsoft has completely failed to do with Windows.
I think Ballmer needs developers from Gillette testing their Clinical Strength Anti- Perspirant Treatment on him.
De-smellopers, de-smellopers, de-smellopers, de-smellopers.
Has anyone read the full article? The responses to it from the Windows Moblie camp are hilarious.
It seems that WM developers are starting to feel a little slighted lately. Good.
I learned a bit about the mobile applications market shortly before WWDC this year. I hadn’t realized just how fragmented that market was before the iPhone came a long.
For one thing, you can’t write an app for WINCE, and have it just work on all the wince phones. They have different sized screens and no concept of resolution independence, they have different main menu layouts *per carrier*, and there really isn’t any way to sell your apps directly to end users. You have to make a bundling deal to make anything close to serious money.
The other thing I learned, is that all of the companies who were already in that business, are already planning on their iPhone version becoming their flagship product, *and* phasing out their other versions over the next two years.
This is not like the old days when Apple had to work to get developers to the Mac. The iPhone is a whole new ball game, which Apple has already won.
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Ballmer’s demon has possessed Steve jobs.
Ha, He, Ho…
Steve Ballmer’s satisfaction rating by his employees: 50%
Steve Jobs: 90%
So for every two people that Dances With Monkeys passes on the way to his cage every morning, one of them would rather he wasn’t there.
The world’s most popular game console is the one with the silliest name. Apple may be on to something even if it’s generic and unintentionally pays homage to “My Documents, My Pictures, My Videos, My Music.”