Comments on: CodingHorror goes iPhone 3GS http://cimota.com/blog/2009/06/25/codinghorror-goes-iphone-3gs/ Matt Johnston's Blog About Tech, Innovation, Startups, Opportunity ... and Sailing Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:54:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Rissko http://cimota.com/blog/2009/06/25/codinghorror-goes-iphone-3gs/comment-page-1/#comment-38242 Rissko Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:21:42 +0000 http://cimota.com/blog/?p=1897#comment-38242 Eh, so it's like a computer. You know what else is like a computer? An actual computer. And like on the PC or Mac, only a small fraction of indie developers will ever make any money. And as the iPhone hardware gets more powerful, that will raise the bar financially for putting out a competitive app, freezing out the indies. I'm thinking of the 3D hardware here in particular. The UI is phenomenal though, I cannot disagree there. It may well be the ultimate mobile phone but as far as being a portable computer it hasn't far to go before it tries to overlap the netbook/laptop functionality and I think it is always going to be the loser in that battle, touch screen or no. In that arena, its small size is reversed into being a disadvantage. Who wants to do their office docs on that screen with a touch keyboard? Eh, so it’s like a computer. You know what else is like a computer? An actual computer. And like on the PC or Mac, only a small fraction of indie developers will ever make any money. And as the iPhone hardware gets more powerful, that will raise the bar financially for putting out a competitive app, freezing out the indies. I’m thinking of the 3D hardware here in particular.

The UI is phenomenal though, I cannot disagree there. It may well be the ultimate mobile phone but as far as being a portable computer it hasn’t far to go before it tries to overlap the netbook/laptop functionality and I think it is always going to be the loser in that battle, touch screen or no. In that arena, its small size is reversed into being a disadvantage. Who wants to do their office docs on that screen with a touch keyboard?

]]> By: Jared Earle http://cimota.com/blog/2009/06/25/codinghorror-goes-iphone-3gs/comment-page-1/#comment-38183 Jared Earle Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:54:44 +0000 http://cimota.com/blog/?p=1897#comment-38183 If only the comments were of the same calibre as the article. So many tards, so few bullets. Questions like "Is the GPS real?" and statements like "Only good in the US" show the readership of that blog as of a lower quality than the writer. If only the comments were of the same calibre as the article. So many tards, so few bullets.

Questions like “Is the GPS real?” and statements like “Only good in the US” show the readership of that blog as of a lower quality than the writer.

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