The Wireless World IPhone Apps Appeal Brian Caulfield, 06.16.08, 6:00 PM ET Forbes
SAN FRANCISCO - It might have been the first Steve Jobs keynote speech that wasn't all about Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs. Rather than wowing developers gathered at the company's annual developer's conference June 9 with his special blend of surprise and salesmanship, JobsJobs kept it simple. His pitch for the heartthrob device of the moment, the iPhone 3G? It's faster, it's cheaper (at least up front). Oh, and you can get it in 70 countries. Instead, Apple left it to developers--and iPhone software boss Scott Forstall--to put the crowd into a swoon. Up the developers came, like contestants at a junior high science fair, to plug their work. Demos came from online auctioneer eBay, mobile social-networking start-up Loopt, blogging service TypePad, the Associated Press and game developer Pangea Software. The cutest--and most telling--application might be Pangea Software's racing game, dubbed Cro-Mag Racer. It's like Mario Kart, without the controller or the console. ... http://www.forbes.com/2008/06/15/iphone-apps-appeal-tech-wireless08-cx_bc_0616apps.html http://www.forbes.com/2008/06/15/iphone-apps-appeal-tech-wireless08-cx_bc_0616apps_slide_2.html?thisSpeed=20000 ******************************* * POST TO [EMAIL PROTECTED] * ******************************* Medianews mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.etskywarn.net/mailman/listinfo/medianews
