http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/26/third-party-software-and-solutions-going-the-way-of-the-dinosaur/ The voice of the BlackBerry community. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:42:37 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/26/third-party-software-and-solutions-going-the-way-of-the-dinosaur/comment-page-1/#comment-95350 How Can Apple Get Away With No Third Party Application Support On The iPhone? | RIMarkable | The official, unofficial BlackBerry Weblog Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:02:51 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/26/003710/#comment-95350 [...] I was just reading Jibi Jabber over on BlackBerry Cool and one section that really got me to thinking was when he talked about how Apple isn’t allowing third party application support on the iPhone. With the announcement of iPhone and all the media hype and fanboy lovefests that have come with it, one striking inconsistency has stood out, for me, moreso than the beautiful vector graphics and gorgeous design of the device - the lack - nay, the refusal - of third party applications. This particular stance by forward-thinking Apple suggests that people don’t want choices when it comes to desired functionalities, or it simply states that we simply don’t use our mobile communications devices for much more than mobile communications and a few other basic functions, such as portable entertainment [...] [...] I was just reading Jibi Jabber over on BlackBerry Cool and one section that really got me to thinking was when he talked about how Apple isn’t allowing third party application support on the iPhone. With the announcement of iPhone and all the media hype and fanboy lovefests that have come with it, one striking inconsistency has stood out, for me, moreso than the beautiful vector graphics and gorgeous design of the device – the lack – nay, the refusal – of third party applications. This particular stance by forward-thinking Apple suggests that people don’t want choices when it comes to desired functionalities, or it simply states that we simply don’t use our mobile communications devices for much more than mobile communications and a few other basic functions, such as portable entertainment [...]

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