Reza - Asterisk Enthusiast wrote: > Directly from Apple, clearly states it runs on OS X. I'd like to know > where you read that it doesn't run OS X. I base my logic from specs posted > by the manufacturers and from other people's experience (where I've not had > the privilege to base the logic on my experience).
Quick google brought this up: http://www.everyipod.com/iphone-faq/iphone-runs-os-x-not-macos-x-cannot-run-macos-x-applications-skype-or-ipod-games.html At the MacWorld Expo keynote address on January 9, 2007, as documented by the Engadget blog, Steve Jobs said: iPhone runs OS X! Why would we want to run such a sophisticated OS on a mobile device? It's got everything we need. Multitasking, networking, power management, security, video, graphics, audio, core animation. . . It let us create desktop class applications and networking, not the crippled stuff you find on most phones, these are real desktop applications. Not surprisingly, given that Steve Jobs said the iPhone "runs OS X" and "these are real desktop applications", many immediately thought that the iPhone was able to run MacOS X desktop applications like Skype and Photoshop. However, the rather sparse iPhone technical specifications page on the Apple website notes that the iPhone does in fact run "OS X" as Jobs proclaimed during the keynote, but it does not run MacOS X. Presumably, the iPhone runs a scaled down version of MacOS X optimized for a handheld device -- although Steve Jobs is insistent that it runs "real OS X" (Specifically, crashlogs indicate that the iPhone runs "OS X 1.0" build number 1A543a.) -- but it cannot run MacOS X applications regardless. Those with reasonable expectations of the performance limitations of a handheld device likely were not disappointed by this fact. Can the iPhone run MacOS X or iPod games? No. The iPhone cannot run any MacOS X applications, including games. It also cannot run applications written for the iPod, like the iPod games available for sale through iTunes. -- Best regards, Duane http://www.freeauth.org - Enterprise Two Factor Authentication http://www.nodedb.com - Think globally, network locally http://www.sydneywireless.com - Telecommunications Freedom http://e164.org - Because e164.arpa is a tax on VoIP "In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip." --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
