Comments on: Apple kills NDA on iPhone app development

By: Likeabite

Likeabite — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:38:35 +0000

Apple is adopting this because of the G1 but they will have to be a little more open to stop developers from defecting. Their approach of repeatedly cancelling apps is adverse to their own ambitions and they will realize that soon

By: Galvatron

Galvatron — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:19:09 +0000

never is never was never will bee^^
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By: abi g1

abi g1 — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:37:25 +0000

Omg apple u crack heads. They scared of the openness of the g1. I knew they would start with the bs of trying to be a lil more open.apples way isn’t the best way

By: TRV$

TRV$ — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:14:47 +0000

I wish it was this easy: One order of Android on a Touch screen ATT device. I’d also like a side of speech-to-text for my email/text messages. with Visual voicemail as my appetizer, and follow up with handwriting recognition for dessert. Thank you.

By: dondgc

dondgc — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:02:21 +0000

@ relative – they are easing the terms of the NDA, not opening up the OS. This just makes it easier for developers to talk to one another and share ideas. Such conversations have been prohibited under the NDA up to this point.

By: kenji138

kenji138 — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:16:04 +0000

I think Apple is really worried about the possible strengths of Android. Developers will only put up with so much before they defect to another platform.

Does anyone remember the slew of developers who left making games for Nintendo 64 to work on games for the first Sony Playstation? Square Enix was the most vocal developer who complained that Nintendo had too many restrictions, and Sony gained all the benefits.

By: moose

moose — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:15:18 +0000

uh, isnt AT&T not even looking at android yet.it might be a long wait. i agree with you though.

By: relative

relative — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:08:29 +0000

wait… what ? So this is saying that there are no more restrictions on the apps for iphone? So no iphone police? If people spent countless hours trying to find out how to unlock the iphone, what makes you think that anyone wouldn’t make a virus that steals data from your iphone that is in the app? Contacts, notes, and all types of info could be at risk…spyware.I mean didn’t we buy the iphone because it wasn’t like a computer or like any other phone? someone clear this up for me cause I don’t understand. By opening the NDA it would be like Android right (ironic.. I think not)?

By: Black93300ZX

Black93300ZX — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:53:32 +0000

It’s a little late for this, they were forced into it by the fact that Android lets you do ANYTHING with any app or anything within the OS. They let people see the light, see what it’s like to have true open-source, and then pull 1 of the many restrictions of the iPhone down? Not going to help, I’m going to Android when it comes out for AT&T.

By: Drytoast

Drytoast — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:44:09 +0000

Ah. That’s better I guess. Thanks for clearing that up, dondgc.

By: dondgc

dondgc — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:30:57 +0000

@ Drytoast – this is unrelated to the issue of what gets approved for the App Store and what does not. As to the “unreleased software”, that refers to Apple’s unreleased software – not a developer’s project.

By: impaler

impaler — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:07:58 +0000

I really hope they get their act together and adopt a more open approach to everything iPhone. They have a wonderful phone. MobileMe has tons of potential. They should embrace openness, announce upcoming features, conduct public beta testing, and iron out bugs BEFORE release to us suckers who need it to “just work”.

By: Drytoast

Drytoast — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:56:56 +0000

So if the NDA is still intact for unreleased software, doesn’t the problem still exist that if a developer comes up with an app that Apple sees as “competing” with their first-party software then they can refuse to allow it to be released?

Isn’t that what spurred this whole issue?