The reason I told Steve a few years ago to make the iPhone screen at least 5" by 8" is that the small screens on phones are *really really bad* for good use in education (especially for children). This is amazingly not at all understood by a vast number of "educators".
Cheers, Alan ________________________________ From: Caryl Bigenho <[email protected]> To: Bert Freudenberg <[email protected]>; IAEP SugarLabs <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, June 12, 2010 12:08:58 PM Subject: Re: [IAEP] Apple Eases Restrictions On iPhone Developers Hi... I sincerely hope that this easing of restrictions will mean that these apps will also be available for the iPod touch. The cost of the iPad starts at $499 while the iPod touch starts at $199. With extreme budget problems abounding in most school districts, the cost difference makes school use of the iPod far more likely than that of the iPad. Caryl > From: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 20:57:42 +0200 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [IAEP] Apple Eases Restrictions On iPhone Developers > > On 12.06.2010, at 20:10, Kevin Cole wrote: > > Regarding the recent discussion of Sugar on an iPhone and Apple's position > > on interpreted languages: > > > > http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/qWtSOhKr4To/Apple-Eases-Restrictions-On-iPhone-Developers > > WrongSizeGlass writes "MacRumors has a story on a report by Apple > > Outsider's Matt Drance that Apple is easing their restrictions on > > interpreted code used in iPhone development, a change which allows game > > developers in particular to continue to use interpreted languages such as > > Lua in their App Store applications. The change comes alongside Apple's > > further modifications of its iOS developer terms that again allow for > > limited analytics data collection to aid advertisers and developers, but > > appear to shut out non-independent companies such as Google's AdMob from > > receiving the data. It's not enough of an 'about face' to let Adobe or > > Google back in the picture but they've backpedaled enough to let the little > > guys squeeze through." Read more of this story at Slashdot\ > > The educational use of interpreted languages is at least part of Apple's > revised terms. See forwarded message below - allowing applications like > Squeak/Etoys and Scratch is of concern to Apple. John is the developer of the > Squeak Virtual Machine for the iPhone/iPad, which is used by both the Scratch > and Etoys ports. > > - Bert - > > Begin forwarded message: > > > From: John M McIntosh <[email protected]> > > Date: 11. Juni 2010 07:43:05 MESZ > > To: [email protected] > > Cc: ESUG Mailing list <[email protected]>, > > "[email protected] Development" > > <[email protected]>, The general-purpose Squeak > > developers list <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [squeak-dev] Re: Talking to Steve Jobs about Scratch. > > Reply-To: [email protected], The general-purpose Squeak > > developers list <[email protected]> > > > > Well I was hoping to have a few more days to settle things. > > > > The Smalltalk community should take a deep bow and thank Alan Kay for > > spending many hours talking to the highest level of people at Apple about > > the importance of the iPad as a platform to teach computational theory to > > people of all ages. > > > > So how does this all sort out? Well I don't know, nothing has officially > > changed, yet... > > > > But I'm at WWDC this week, I did talk to the manager of the App Store (they > > were expecting me) and I do have an appointment with Apple next week to > > discuss the "Unless otherwise approved by Apple in writing" > > > > Once that happens I will let everyone know the outcome, Apple is working > > what the approval process is, and I think the Smalltalk & Scratch community > > will be the first players in the door for Apple's embracing of interpreted > > languages for educational purposes on the iPad. > > > > I must publicly thank the Smalltalk and Scratch communities for being > > patient and polite in waiting for the issue to resolve itself, and true > > thanks should be directed to Alan for his behind the scenes efforts in > > ensuring the Computer Science community has equal footing with the language > > arts & music departments for apps on the iPad. > > > > I caution everyone that we're not there yet, but let's see what happens > > next week, so don't open the champaign bottles yet. > > > > -- > > =========================================================================== > > John M. McIntosh <[email protected]> Twitter: squeaker68882 > > Corporate Smalltalk Consulting Ltd. http://www.smalltalkconsulting.com > > =========================================================================== > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
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