CCRDude;168956 Wrote: > Widgets (as shown) obviously need the ability to communicate online, how > else could the Weather app show its data? And the Google Maps app... > would you call that web browsing? Looked like a dedicated app. And > then, it's MacOSX. >
I specifically said media, as in music, video and the apps you mention are from partners. CCRDude;168956 Wrote: > > I've read a bunch of sites quoting the Keynote, and watched it myself. > Didn't hear or read that anywhere. > Time magazine, engadget, gizmodo CCRDude;168956 Wrote: > > Who said that? Can't really tell from the Keynote & pictures imho. > Time magazine, engadget, gizmodo CCRDude;168956 Wrote: > > Who said that? Can't really tell from the Keynote & pictures imho. > Time magazine, engadget, gizmodo CCRDude;168956 Wrote: > > So the widgets shown during the keynote are not third-party, and you > think that they'll contrary to widgets on the other MacOSX, they'll > limit the number of widgets that can be run? Just take a look on how > well Apple supported software developers over the past 20+ years. > Widgets are Java based, games in general are native code or on mobile devices are sometimes J2ME based. OS/X has J2SE. The view from the street is that it's a closed system to keep Cingular happy. I'm in the cell phone business and know the market extremely well CCRDude;168956 Wrote: > > And I always thought that MacOSX is based on BSD... that you could even > download the Darwin part... might be the GUI is closed source, but since > its MacOSX, widgets are already well documented and for the rest... do > you expect Apple to change MacOSX radically to make all the existing > documentation void, just after they announced they took MacOSX to NOT > develop something new? > Cellular networks do not allow downloading of any content, only operator-approved content that they get a cut of. Cingular are heavily subsidising the device and need to get a good return on their investment. It's a walled garden to a large extent for apps. CCRDude;168956 Wrote: > > I'm still sceptical whether typing text on the device would be fast > enough for me, but there's one thing that's great: they actually cared > about usage of the PHONE. Take a look at all those smartphones out > there, and using it to call someone seems to be the most neglected part > of the whole device. Agreed, usability is dire on most, if not all, handsets. -- CardinalFang ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CardinalFang's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=962 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31507 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
