Re: Re: Further development on Windows?

Matt,

For third party developers one big problem with the iPhone (and to a greater or lesser extent some of the other handheld platforms) is that the manufacturer, in this case Apple, maintains total control over what software can be sold for the platform. The only outlet is the iStore. A few months ago Aplple pulled an application that was already being sold through its store off the virtual shelves on the grounds that it competed with something that Apple was developing. This was a real eye-opener for third-party developers. It means that they can put months of work into a product for the iPhone and then find access to the market denied to them. CESD is very open that this was the deciding factor for him in producing Pimlical for other platforms rather than the iPhone. He is developing in Java
 , initially for Windows with the strategy of porting to other platforms. I would recommend that Jeff seriously consider a similar strategy if he decides to do a new
 version of Shadow, btw. 

I suspect that this situation explains the less than universal participation by third-party developers in the iPhone platform. 

 Bert Latamore
Freelance Editorial Consultant




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From: Matt A. <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 2:56:57 PM
Subject: [shadow-discuss] Re:  Further development on Windows?


Yes Bert, I see your point.  I can also see that perhaps, as I've cumulatively done, build my de-facto workstation of Palm apps which suffice for me, the next thing to do is upkeep and "baby" my T|X UNTIL such time as my next platform of choice offers the same app set as I've become accustomed to on my Palm.

As a Mac/Apple loyal, unfortunayrly, I dom't have the option of a UMPC.  The closes thing is a 12" MacBook--a little too bulky to be a handheld PC and a bit too weak as a replacement my PowerBook G4.  In other words, if I could, if Apple offered one, a Mac version of a UMPC, my cake and frosting would be in full.  But, since Apple's lineage of portable options is in the MacBook/Pro lines, I'm needing to keep my T|X in tip-top shape--at least until the iPhone has all the similar software packages that I have built with my PalmOS library.

Once the iPhone meets all my needs--enough space for my music/videos, same software library I've built with my Palm, then I can graduate to a new platform--whichever one that may be.


   

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