>iPhone is said to be running the complete OSX.  Perhaps, it is the
>OSX kernel + a stripped down set of apps.  Does anyone here know?

It is OS X, but Apple is worried that being too open will invite the 
types of crashes we know all too well when running our desktop and laptop 
computers. Looks like Apple thinks that level of instability is 
unacceptable in a phone. So Apple has blocked many on the usual ways to 
get programs onto the iPhone. Developers have to work through the Safari 
browser and Safari has Flash and other goodies disabled.

Of course that may just be a temporaty situation. Hackers have already 
figured how to unlock the iPhone so it can be used for its non-music 
functions without an AT&T contract. More will certainly follow.


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