iPhone May Allow 3rd Party Applications?

I definitely don't want 3rd party apps crashing a phone, so I agree w/ Jobs on limiting the 3rd parties.

Next thing you know, I'll have to add a link to my signature, listing terrible applications that you shouldn't use on your iPhone.

Mobile Onyx
Mobile MacJanitor
Repair Permissions (iPhone edition)
Mobile UNO
Mobile Cocktail

etc....

God help us if this appears
Application Enhancer (iPhone edition)

There should be some serious code-vetting before any application can be put on the iPhone. I think that developers should submit their sourcecode to Apple, and have Apple handle vetting the applications, and rejecting all the crappy ones, and perhaps banning them from ever submitting an application again, if their code is so awful that it warrants it.

Could you imagine having a kernel panic while on an important business call! Ouch!

Yeah, I think it's a good idea to err on the side of being exclusive rather than inclusive in this situation. I don't think users will be as tolerant with phone crashes as they might be with computer crashes. Not saying that the inclusion of 3rd party apps automatically means they will be buggy and cause conflicts, but the odds definitely increase - it's possibly an unnecessary hassle Jobs simply doesn't want to have to deal with.

if they allow 3party apps, it'll make me wanna switch from t-mobile and pay the over priced 600.00!!

Wait, what??

Mac OS X is extremely reliable and stable. Third party apps have never crashed my computer even once.

Jobs repeated at D today that there is a "real" OS X in the iPhone. Why would it be any less stable on an iPhone than on a desktop or laptop? Suddenly we're supposed to believe third party apps will bring down the whole OS? This assertion just doesn't wash.

Jobs has commented, as have others, though that the iPhone is a very intricate device - hence why they needed to pull off the Leopard QA team to ensure it was bug free and such. I agree that in theory you wouldn't think it would be a huge deal, but you'd be surprised... ;) I think at this stage at least, Apple is focused on releasing the iPhone and ensuring there are no glaring issues and so forth. Once the device is proven to be stable, then they will no doubt feel more comfortable in opening it up to 3rd party apps and such. :cool:

Wait, what??

Mac OS X is extremely reliable and stable. Third party apps have never crashed my computer even once.

Jobs repeated at D today that there is a "real" OS X in the iPhone. Why would it be any less stable on an iPhone than on a desktop or laptop? Suddenly we're supposed to believe third party apps will bring down the whole OS? This assertion just doesn't wash.

I don't know what he means by a "real" OS X, but I don't think it's reasonable to believe that there is a full version of Leapord on the phone... that doesn't make sense... I mean, it even wastes space. Why would you need Photo Booth, iChat AV, Time Machine, etc..? (Although, if the camera was on the front instead of the back, iChat AV on the iPhone would be kickass.)

Yeah, I think it's a good idea to err on the side of being exclusive rather than inclusive in this situation. I don't think users will be as tolerant with phone crashes as they might be with computer crashes. Not saying that the inclusion of 3rd party apps automatically means they will be buggy and cause conflicts, but the odds definitely increase - it's possibly an unnecessary hassle Jobs simply doesn't want to have to deal with.

ITA, I couldn't have said this better! :)

Sure, OSX is stable but how many of us have tried to install an enhancer or other such software that crashed one of our OSX apps like Mail, Safair, iTunes, etc? I think this is the fear of allowing the 3rd parties in. Sure, the device will still run (just like OSX still runs when an app crashes/beachballs)but the phone app might crash because you added a 3rd party enhancement to the interface or Safair might crash because someone made an extension or something that would increase page download speed on the iPhone. These are the instability potentials I see.