Comments on: iPhone apps: 1,001 and counting

By: Jerome Stevenson, Miami, Fl, www.ecompetitors.com

Jerome Stevenson, Miami, Fl, www.ecompetitors.com — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:42:42 +0000

Soon I will get my iPhone. I am so excited! This is the best smart Phone on the earth. And it has so many great options.

By: Ajax, Troy Plain

Ajax, Troy Plain — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:23:44 +0000

red@yahoo says…Sell a phone, but naught when service is…silent. How many subscribe…just to get a taste, when…talent is so costly? Well, go to the well. And the Archer bowed, quivered, and the girl said…I want child, payable as of…Right Now. And, Ajax pulled out. Says…This is a wine dark sea…Baby and Hector says…The Boy is his. He's a Greek. Maybe…you'll have twins and we'll use them or may be…naught. You have a fine ass, Hector said, overhearing the conversation….from afar. The ESPN reporter asked…if they could get a shot. Gave him a shield and a short sword. Told me, misguided, mistaken. Said, go make your own shots and arrows, then. He said, fine.

By: Joe - Palm Beach, Florida

Joe - Palm Beach, Florida — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:30:07 +0000

Nice summary of the Ars article… Readers might be better of reading the article there from it's original writers.

ex ped: Did the Ars Technica piece, which I linked to — twice — have the fact that there were 1,001 iPhone applications on the App Store?

By: John Boston, MA

John Boston, MA — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:01:38 +0000

I have the facebook app running on both my Blackberry 8830 and iPhone. There is no comparison – the Blackberry version is in the stone ages compared to the iPhone. Also, I can run salesforce on my iPhone but not on my blackBerry.

By: spt, ny

spt, ny — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:59:20 +0000

outside of US, Symbian has large audience and some really interesting apps. My Nokia phone can act as remote for my PC (i can type on pc just as I'm typing right now) move cursor and do whatever I want…My personal experience (and it could be wrong) suggests that it is far more easier to get apps for Symbian than it is for WinMo.

By: Jim B. Rochester, NY

Jim B. Rochester, NY — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:44:07 +0000

I walked into my local Apple store at 9:30 last Saturday morning. There was nobody in line and 25 iPhones on the shelf (a mix of all 3 types). I walked out 10 minutes later with a black 16GB.

By: Barkley Anderson, Chicago IL

Barkley Anderson, Chicago IL — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:38:08 +0000

THe primary reason developers want that NDA gag removed is so they can communicate with each other via a wiki or BBS. There are alot of developers who are having thier first experiences developing to an Apple SDK. I can understand how frustrating it would be, trying to remedy a bug in the software and not having a developer community to reach out to for help. Apple would be wise to create its own closed door community for all iphone developers. Then the ruckus about the NDA would surely die down.

By: Jim Jones, Tampa FL

Jim Jones, Tampa FL — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:14:31 +0000

The big question is, will all 1001 apps FIT on the IPhone at one time?

http://www.FireMe.To/udi

By: David Criss, Central, Hong Kong

David Criss, Central, Hong Kong — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:29:24 +0000

As a user, I don't give a toss about developer issues. All I know is that the app store works, the apps are great and its easy as cake. Try that with Windows Mobile 6.0. Two days into the iPhone, I tossed by HTC and will NEVER go back.

By: Rick, Fukuoka, Japan

Rick, Fukuoka, Japan — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:07:02 +0000

These developer’s [SIC] should listen to themselves speak. The App Store has been open for all of two weeks; NetNewsWire has released 7 patches in those two weeks (version 1.0.7); and they are complaining that the App Store can’t keep up. Sounds more like NetNewsWire can’t get it right. I hope NetNewsWire isn’t the developer complaining that they’re not a Staff Favorite. With a mean time between releases of 48 hours, this sounds more like version 0.0.7 than version 1.0.7

I think you're missing the point. Because developers aren't allowed to talk to anyone, and because there weren't any phones available to test on before general release, they weren't able to test the software properly. Hence the bugs, and hence the necessity for frequent updates.