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18-10-2007, 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by smilne360
is this apple confessing that its too hard to keep locking the phone down?
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I don't think so. I think it's more of a timing and resources issue.
No company has an unlimited amount of resources, particularly not good resources.
You really can't do everything at once. Engineering resources are quite often very scarce and with the iPhone OS and Leopard on the roadmap (plus whatever else we don't know about) it would be very easy to spread resources too thin.
Whilst the details on this are scarce, it would be a safe assumption that the iPhone SDK will be Xcode based and therefore the Xcode dev team would need to be very much involved. I'm fairly sure the Xcode dev team have been somewhat busy of late. |
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18-10-2007, 10:17 AM
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MacTalk Engineering Dept.
Group: Forum Leaders
Location: Sydney, Australia
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Certificates have a chain of trust. I would expect that Apple will provide signing certs to "trusted" software developers, and everyone else such as hobbiests will need to self-sign their apps.
Self-signed apps will probably run if you install your root cert on the phone. So for testing purposes, you'll be able to develop an app, sign it, install your fake root cert on the phone, and run the app, and it will work just as if apple signed it or one of their trusted developers signed it.
Then, once you got a working app that you want to distribute, you can either
a) distribute the certificate with the application with instructions on how to install the certificate.
b) submit to apple's process (whatever that may be) to get you made a "trusted" software developer so you can sign it against apple's root cert.
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18-10-2007, 10:39 AM
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I don't think it's a response to the hackers at all.
I'd be more inclined to think that it has been planned from the start, and they've been working on stabilising the platform and working the bugs out before officially allowing 3rd parties to have a go.
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18-10-2007, 10:47 AM
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Woot, great news, will be doing a restore on my iPod from february then, no more needing to hack it each time and update is released! 
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18-10-2007, 11:16 AM
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Sweet! I just hope that any back yard developer that can prove his skills is allowed to upload apps, and Apple doesn't attempt to restrict distribution.
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18-10-2007, 12:11 PM
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MacTalk Podcaster
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Location: Melbourne
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Originally Posted by iSlayer
Where did you read that ?
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9to5mac thinks the same:
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As we stated before, Apple will be the sole distributor of the iPod and iPhone software and most likely distribute it through the iTunes delivery that it currently uses for games on the iPod. They will also take a large cut of the revenue that the software produces. They will only distribute software they deem necessary, safe and worthwhile.
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18-10-2007, 02:21 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Melbourne
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Surely the killer iPhone App would be BitTorrent
Another good idea would be iChat with Bonjour Chat support (if only the phone could create wireless networks and not just join them!)
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18-10-2007, 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by rockinrobstar
Surely the killer iPhone App would be BitTorrent
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sure would be, what with all that storage space and all... |
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18-10-2007, 02:36 PM
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Great news for those with eyes on all things iPhone.
Well spotted too! |
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19-10-2007, 03:08 AM
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How is Steve's post "infamous" ?
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19-10-2007, 05:32 AM
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Location: Newcastle, NSW
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Originally Posted by rockinrobstar
Surely the killer iPhone App would be BitTorrent
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I wouldn't bother with BT on a phone no matter how good it is.
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19-10-2007, 11:40 AM
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I look forward to iSlayers apps for the iPhone!
This is great news and will help to make the iPhone into a leader of mobile devices I feel. Good work Steve!
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19-10-2007, 12:03 PM
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Hello?
Group: Forum Leaders
Location: Perth
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For the code monkeys out there, any chance you think there will be a internet radio app come out? This will definitely get me over the line in buying a Touch (not going to buy an iPhone until 3G). Bejeweled would be awesome!
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19-10-2007, 12:49 PM
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Originally Posted by coljac
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Apple offer delivery of podcasts via iTunes which are free. I can see a similar system in place for iPhone/iTouch applications. |
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19-10-2007, 12:50 PM
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Location: With a Wine glass in hand
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rockinrobstar
Surely the killer iPhone App would be BitTorrent
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And the data costs involved? |
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