iPhone OS 4.0: What I’d Give You (Part 3 of 5)
Join me as I continue daydreaming. Thinking about what I’d do with all my free time, what I’d do if I won the lottery and what I’d give you in iPhone OS 4.0 if I were to step in to run Apple tomorrow. Today, we’re going to look at my third revision to the OS, but first, let’s recap offering number one: USB based sync support. The next feature: dynamic icons. Keep reading for the third installment, or “giving you what you’ve already got”.
Let me explain: feature three isn’t anything that I’d actually add. It’s just that I’d give you access to features that are already present in the OS. Features that Apple doesn’t want you to have access to. Why, you may ask, would Apple not want you to have access to certain features? Who knows?! I for sure don’t. Actually, let me rephrase. I wouldn’t give YOU the features. I would give the third party developers the features, so they could in turn give them to you. If you are still with me at this point, you’ve probably guessed where I’m going…
Feature 3: An Unrestricted iPhone SDK
Apple’s proceeded to hamper the level of success that developers can reach by not allowing them to take full advantage of what the iPhone’s OS can do. Did you notice that none of the third party PIM applications offered can interface with the built in Calendar data? Agendus can’t. Neither can Pocket Informant.
Want multi-tasking? Open up the SDK! Want support for Google Voice? Open up the SDK. The list goes on, but I suspect you are starting to see the trend here. Give the developers the tools (and permission) to push the OS to it’s limits. In turn, the end user benefits. In turn, Apple benefits. Happy(er) customers are a winning situation for Apple.
In what other ways would you like to see the features already present in the iPhone OS become more unrestricted? Let us know in the comment section below and don’t forget to join us this weekend for the conclusion, when I roll part’s 4 and 5 into one big finale.
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