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Originally Posted by bojan
I can even write my own applications of course (and you can't do it on iPad.. nobody except Apple can.. ).. So iPad is actually nothing new... apart from proprietary software. And lack of user ability to do anything with it without explicit Steve Jobs's permission.. if and when he is in good mood.
No thanks.
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Well, as iPhone application developers, my company had better call him (if he's in a good mood) to see if it's OK to develop applications this week.
You have a old Stylistic? I have two of them - Fujitsu ST-5032's a couple of years old. They're both sitting on my bottom shelf, relegated to the trash. They're bricks. One has lost its stylus, so it's useless
LOL! A stylus? Come on... we've got fingers these days!
Anyone can write iPad applications once they download the development kit. It isn't difficult. To upload applications to the store for sale, you have to prove that the code is stable and works the way it should so that its a good "citizen" on people's devices. I don't see that as obtrusive - I see it as essential.
I wouldn't download or run your unproven home-grown code on my device in a fit, unless you prove to me that it's wise to do so. It's Apple's way of protecting the "dumb", as you say, user base of tens of millions of iPhone/iPod/iPad owners. Every one of them must be stupid for there to be so many, no?
If you choose to find that obtrusive and sinister then we're probably not on the same planet. It's hard to talk to people with anti-anything agendas.
