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#170
Originally Posted by sherifnix View Post
Goes to show you that software design is everything. Apple's opportunity here is that they can sell services that people want. Having an AppStore and iTunes Store right there without any configuration is so great. This simply isn't there on any Nokia device S60 or Maemo.

A few taps and you're in a catalog of 3rd party apps. No dependencies, repositories... or digging in your settings to find some setting to allow apps without certificates to install since nothing is really certified. S60 and Maemo are way behind Apple's delivery platform.
Uhh hows that any different to this

http://maemo.org/downloads/OS2008/

you go there on n8*0 click the click to install button and OMG it installs no hassles, it was so hard. Difference is you do not have to get apps from there, you can go to other maemo apps sites, no lock in.

Apples service is not free, you have to pay a fee to get apps hosted, plus they will take 30% of what ever you sell.

They will have no dependencies because every app will be standalone due to restrictions placed on the SDK, of no app being allowed to run in the background and no app being allowed to run another app.