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iPhone and Third Party Apps
By the way, the same NPR: Science Friday podcast on consumer electronics was almost entirely on the iPhone.
Here are a few highlights:
o Cingular actually changed its network to accomodate the device--usually carriers dictate menu composition and all the details of the phone to the manufacturer. This allows the iPhone to give you a list of your voice messages for you to select in any order you wish, rather than having to listen to the William Shatner immitation: "You...Have...Six....Voice...Messages............Message 1 from...phone...number....5....5....5...1...2. (etc)" before you can actually listen to the message.
o Apple will not allow third party apps to be developed for the phone, but perhaps widgets (ala Mac OS X Tiger's widgets). This really sucks, because I currently carry an iPod, a cell phone, and a Palm PDA. If the iPhone can't replicate all the features my Palm can, it's a no-go. This is especially true of the core apps, and currently I don't know of any to-do lists in Mac OS X. Some of my third party apps include converstion tools (like millimeters to inches and all that).
o Oddly, no new Macs were mentioned at the expo, unless you count the AppleTV.
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