Prince McLeanPresenting at its annual developers conference on Monday, Apple announced that its forthcoming iPhone device will run applications created with Web 2.0 Internet standards when it begins shipping on June 29.
Third-party applications created using Web 2.0 standards can extend iPhone’s capabilities without compromising its reliability or security, company chief executive Steve Jobs explained. However, they will be forced to run through the iPhones's Safari web browser, not function as standalone applications.
“Developers and users alike are going to be very surprised and pleased at how great these applications look and work on iPhone,†Jobs said. “Our innovative approach, using Web 2.0-based standards, lets developers create amazing new applications while keeping the iPhone secure and reliable.â€
Web 2.0-based applications are being embraced by leading developers because they are far more interactive and responsive than traditional web applications, and can be easily distributed over the Internet and painlessly updated by simply changing the code on the developers’ own servers.
The modern web standards also provide secure data access and transactions, like those used with Amazon.com or online banking.
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Perhaps you should just read what you quoted a few times. Eventually it should come together.
Sorry, regardless of whether they're running in safari or not, if they have access to 'make phonecalls' or the like, it seems like a nice security hole to me (esp. with a nice nefarious web-app). Unless you're reading things on a completely different plane where you see all and understand all.
Of course, also looking at this stupidity, does this also means that, if you're currently in a location where you do not have wifi or cell access, you have absolutely no access to these apps, nor your data? Seems like the iphone is nothing but an iPod for that 6 hour plane flight.
This is a GREAT strategy when combined with the release of Safari on Windows. This gives a uniform environment for Mac/PC/iPhone for applications that can get there data/support from anywhere on the WEB - ldap, mysql, etc.
[I have no idea how this ended up ahead of the original article??? I posted at about 12:40 PM PDT]
Yeah I can see how that's really going to work well for those not on high speed networks and those with monthly data allowances...
Am I totally missing something here or is this simply trying to put a marketing spin on "no we won't allow you to develop 3rd party apps on the iPhone"??
So nothing new here... and strangely not a mention of ZFS either ... looks like Steve's sucked some of the helium out of the share prices too...
Presenting at its annual developers conference on Monday, Apple announced that its forthcoming iPhone device will run applications created with Web 2.0 Internet standards when it begins shipping on June 29.
The Cupertino-based company said developers can create Web 2.0 applications which look and behave just like the applications built into iPhone, and which can seamlessly access iPhone?s services, including making a phone call, sending an email and displaying a location in Google Maps.
Third-party applications created using Web 2.0 standards can extend iPhone?s capabilities without compromising its reliability or security, company chief executive Steve Jobs explained. However, they will be forced to run through the iPhones's Safari web browser, not function as standalone applications.
?Developers and users alike are going to be very surprised and pleased at how great these applications look and work on iPhone,? Jobs said. ?Our innovative approach, using Web 2.0-based standards, lets developers create amazing new applications while keeping the iPhone secure and reliable.?
Web 2.0-based applications are being embraced by leading developers because they are far more interactive and responsive than traditional web applications, and can be easily distributed over the Internet and painlessly updated by simply changing the code on the developers? own servers.
The modern web standards also provide secure data access and transactions, like those used with Amazon.com or online banking.
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At first I thought that this meant that there was a small version of apache running on the iPhone, but I guess that is not the case. It would have been nice, though.
can be easily distributed over the Internet and painlessly updated by simply changing the code on the developers? own servers.