Comments on: the show is over, so when iPhone clones will come?

By: TomSoft » Carnival of the mobilist #58

TomSoft » Carnival of the mobilist #58 — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 19:49:27 +0000

[...] And a small mention to my post about inevitable evolution of iPhone competitors: the show is over, so when iPhone clones will comes? [...]

By: Andrea C.

Andrea C. — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 12:07:30 +0000

Tom, I think iPhone can be revolutionary from the UI point of view and – hopefully – will be a trend setter for new UI frameworks for the different OS (symbian, win Mobile, even Linux) and technlogies (especially Java ME).

But it is definitely not a revolution from the entire device point of view or telecom market pov.

And it looks too much “closed” to developers…

By: TomSoft

TomSoft — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:21:02 +0000

@Sam: Yes, you are right, I’ve missed these two new games…But I guess they were probably under development, and not ready for the launch…. (and good to see you here! )

By: Frederic Brunel

Frederic Brunel — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 16:45:48 +0000

Concerning operators that could support it, I’ve read recently on a blog that Rogers (a Canadian operator) will support it.

About OS X, that kind of system can really be stripped down to a mini version pretty much like Linux. I guess they’ve kept the OS X architecture and especially the 3D compositing layer. I don’t think all Aqua interface is part of it., only a subset…

By: Martin

Martin — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 12:59:46 +0000

I had the same thought as you this morning: “Maybe my first MAC is going to be an iPhone”

Very nice roundup of the pro’s and con’s as we know them today.

I think you are right, if I buy one or not in the end depends on how open the environment is going to be. If only Apple or Cingular or whoever controls what users can and can’t do then that’s a problem. I think it is too early to tell which way this will go in the next 24 months.

Martin

By: Sam Nova

Sam Nova — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 10:53:11 +0000

Got to comment on “Look at the iPod games: as far as I know, no extra games has been deployed since the initial announce…. Too complex? Too closed? Too costly?”

I think it was last week where two new games got launched, so 11 games now.
I would expect Apple and the Games publishers who have been involved with the iPod games to wait and feel the market…

Got to agree there are many un-answered things about the iPhones and I’m also very skeptic about it, but as you “I want one”.