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iPhone to get SDK and third party apps!
Wed, 10/17/2007 - 13:04 — charlie.collins
Of course though, the really cool people have been developing third party iPhone apps all along, using GWT.
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The GWT- and iUI-based apps are fine (although, if I am using a GWT-based app, I don't know it...) they absolutely and utterly fail from the aspect of 24-hr usability. The ability to work disconnected is not a feature, it is an absolute requirement from any sort of "smartphone." I literally almost took mine back when I realized how much more important a handheld computer is to me more than a fancy webbrowser.
For a while, I looked at the data: url method of making standalone apps and now I've finally taken a shot at the jailbreak route... Ahh.... now I'm almost back to the functionality that my palm- and windows-based smartphones have been at for years.
The biggest thing that the announcement of a legitimate sdk is for me: I can finally get an eBook reader that supports the DRM that all the sellers require. This will finally make me stand up and shot that the iPhone is the best friggin toy/tool that I've ever had.
Absolutely valid point, and
Absolutely valid point, and I have no arguments. True "apps" should work offline too, and then sync what they can when they get back into range (automagically).
GWT and Gears can do that on the desktop, but not yet for a phone app. The SDK will be a giant leap forward. Now I might actually get one ;).
I really wonder if this
I really wonder if this means we can have Gears for iPhone now too.
And someone needs to get to work making an AWT implementation for UIKit.