The Third Great Platform
Adam Scheinberg, March 6, 2008 (17 years ago)
First, there was the PC.
Then, there was the web.
Now, there is the iPhone.
At long last, the iPhone will become what it was destined to be. In June, when the iPhone 2.0 update is released, the iPhone's true potential will be unlocked. VoIP? Sure, why not!? Games? You betcha. Exchange, ActiveSync, Remote Wipe, 802.1X? Check. How about access to the entire SDK via XCode, a compact framework (Cocoa Touch), a native emulator, and access to the SQLite databases present in the iPhone file system? Yup. Lastly, how about the most innovative platform in the last 20 years that has single handedly made the mobile web viable? Present and accounted for.
In fact, the iPhone is a new generation, and it's been grunting along the sidelines as a gloried browser. But come iPhone 2.0, it will validate itself as one of the most amazing devices out there.
Then, there was the web.
Now, there is the iPhone.
At long last, the iPhone will become what it was destined to be. In June, when the iPhone 2.0 update is released, the iPhone's true potential will be unlocked. VoIP? Sure, why not!? Games? You betcha. Exchange, ActiveSync, Remote Wipe, 802.1X? Check. How about access to the entire SDK via XCode, a compact framework (Cocoa Touch), a native emulator, and access to the SQLite databases present in the iPhone file system? Yup. Lastly, how about the most innovative platform in the last 20 years that has single handedly made the mobile web viable? Present and accounted for.
In fact, the iPhone is a new generation, and it's been grunting along the sidelines as a gloried browser. But come iPhone 2.0, it will validate itself as one of the most amazing devices out there.
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As if mobile web hasn't been possible, enjoyable, and viable before? Psssh. You almost make iPhone sound as if the Jesus had been reborn again. It may be cool, but it sure ain't as revolutionary as you seem to think.
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See for yourself: <a href=" http://valleywag.com/356600/iphone-users-browse-google-50-times-more" rel="nofollow">valleywag.com</a>
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There isn't going to be an iPhone killer, just as much as there is no iPod killer, seven years later, because the competitors just DO NOT GET IT.