The Other Direction

post from Daring Fireball on 06 March 2008 11:23:00 PM. © Daring Fireball

Great quote from Steve Jobs at the very end of the press Q&A today, after being asked whether phone carriers like AT&T get a revenue share:

“We’re not going to get into details, but generally we like to see the revenue flow the other direction.”

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Regarding Ryan Block Asking Steve Jobs if
SIM-Unlocking Apps Will Be Allowed

post from Daring Fireball on 06 March 2008 11:21:00 PM. © Daring Fireball

I have to say, I side with Block on this one. Just because the answer is obvious doesn’t mean it wasn’t a fair question. I don’t have a problem with Apple serving as a gatekeeper with approval over all apps, but if that’s the role they want, their policies should be explicit. In the presentation, they only listed things like porno and “malicious” apps as thing that wouldn’t be tolerated. Clearly, something that impedes on their carrier contracts won’t either.

It’s probably a moot point because of the data sandboxing (iPhone apps only have access to their own files, not the files of other apps), but would Amazon be allowed to write an OS X Touch app for buying songs from the Amazon MP3 store? Again, I’m not saying it’s outrageous if the answer is “no”, but if that’s the case, it’s only fair to get it on the record.

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Development Details Gleaned From the SDK
Documentation and License Agreement

post from Daring Fireball on 06 March 2008 10:44:00 PM. © Daring Fireball

Ken Aspeslagh has culled some of the highlights from the SDK documentation and license, including:

Applications may only use Published APIs in the manner prescribed by Apple and must not use or call any unpublished or private APIs.

Regarding which Ken quips: “Imagine if they had this rule on the Mac, just how stable things would be.”

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Jason Fried on Apples Touch Platform

post from Daring Fireball on 06 March 2008 10:36:00 PM. © Daring Fireball

Bold statement:

What we saw today was the beginning of two-decades of mobile domination by Apple. What Microsoft and Windows was to the desktop, Apple and Touch will be to mobile.

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Id eyes iPhone SDK

post from MacNN | The Macintosh News Network on 06 March 2008 07:50:00 PM. © MacNN | The Macintosh News Network

Id software head John Carmack today expressed interest in Apple's iPhone SDK (Software Development K...

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SDK Tidbits From Deric Horn

post from Daring Fireball on 06 March 2008 07:12:00 PM. © Daring Fireball

Apple’s Deric Horn is twittering answers to SDK questions.

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Sony Blu-ray Talks

post from MacNN | The Macintosh News Network on 06 March 2008 07:05:00 PM. © MacNN | The Macintosh News Network

Sony is discussing the possibility of offering a Blu-ray drive for Macs and the Xbox 360, claims Son...

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Video From Todays Event

Not sure if this is a permalink. If the URL doesn’t work for you, try the main QuickTime page for keynotes.

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Collanos Workplace 1.3

Collanos today released Collanos Workplace 1.3 (site down at publish time), an update to the cross-p...

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