Re: iPhone and iPod Touch SDK is amazing... Wow.
 

The money is behind this platform... Nokia hasn't commited itself to the tablets, and it shows. Look how quickly Apple developed this, TONS of progress in less than 1 year.

Re: iPhone and iPod Touch SDK is amazing... Wow.
 

mjparker75-"After seeing that Monkeyball demo, I have to say I'm sold. This is quickly becoming exactly what I envisioned in my tablet device."

Is there video of this yet or were you actually there ?

Apple usually puts up the vids a couple of hours after the actual event.

Re: iPhone and iPod Touch SDK is amazing... Wow.
 

Not to mention the 100 million Apple is giving to fund development.

The SDK is actually free, and you can build your app.. test it locally and once its ready for primetime you can publish it for a 1 time fee of $99. You can just show your app off and get some donations. From that point on, any additional apps you write are still published and hosted for free.

Re: iPhone and iPod Touch SDK is amazing... Wow.
 

I disagree...there is a big difference in the approach...Apple set out to build the killer phone that includes Internet while the IT was created as an open source Internet browser. I believe that Nokia has taken a market-based approach by creating the hardware and some software and letting the community develop most of the applications. Contrast this where Apple has created the platform, the tools, and the delivery method (and not entirely open source).

I will stick with my N800.

I also paid a heck of a lot less for my N800 than my brother did for his iPhone...

Re: iPhone and iPod Touch SDK is amazing... Wow.
 

I tried to install Maemo SDK about a year ago but could not get it work on my Ubuntu laptop. So compared to that, I think Apple SDK is looking quite nice. (Ok, I haven't tried the newer Maemo SDKs and I'm not the greatest Linux guru..)

I have been drooling over ITTs since 770 but I still haven't bought one. When N800 was released, I tried the SDK to see if that could push me over the fence but it didn't.

If iPod Touch had a bluetooth, I would have ordered one already. And of course Intel MIDs are also coming. I got to admit that Nokia is looking less desirable every day.

Re: iPhone and iPod Touch SDK is amazing... Wow.
 

I think you need to separate maemo.org with other tablet development. Nokia is working with Adobe, Wayfinder, Gizmo, Microsoft, Skype, etc... We don't know Nokia's relationship with these other corporations as far as tablet development is concerned. All we know about is the SDK which is open source. Apple as usual shows there entire hand to make it look like the world is behind them.

Re: iPhone and iPod Touch SDK is amazing... Wow.
 

Whats most amusing about all this is that love em or hate em, Apple has done more with their product (iPhone/Touch) in a year then Nokia and Maemo has done in over 3 years.

I believe more people on this side of the fence are probably more angry with that then with anything else, is why so many ppl are so defensive about guarding their NIT's.

We all have to admit deep down that we wished our NIT's worked and looked half as good at doing menial things that Apple seems to have hit on right out of the gate.

Just because you have the "best" hardware etc., doesn't always mean you'll win. What wins is numbers and right now NIT can't even think about comparing with Apples' user base.

Re: iPhone and iPod Touch SDK is amazing... Wow.
 

Every day there comes the device that is faster, harder, better and stronger. This is life :)

Re: iPhone and iPod Touch SDK is amazing... Wow.
 

Doesn't that mean there won't be much freeware for the iPhone ?

Re: iPhone and iPod Touch SDK is amazing... Wow.
 

There is a $99 fee to become a part of the Apple developer network. The SDK and all associated tools will be free. The $99 is to get your "digital certificate" and to have your programs published on AppStore.

What the freeware community could do is create a "company" with one $99 fee and publish under this name on AppStore. And frankly I'd have no problem donating a few bucks to someone that showed me a spectacular app to help with is $99 cost.

And I greatly look forward to commercial quality software from big publishers.