Thread: N900 vs Iphone.
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2009-08-28 , 18:03
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Originally Posted by sachin007 View Post
Then again i would think it would be very simple to port the small applications which are 99 cents to 2$ which are the majority in the app store. And i assume atleast half of the apps are fart/flash light apps or shortcuts to websites. With a full fledged web-browser and the ability to have active widgets for any bookmarks negates the need for many of those website apps.
Is not that simply because they are written in Cocoa; not GTK or Qt.

And even then, who is going to do that? Proprietary app, forget it, and most are. Open source app, you may have some chance, but why bother for so few users? In my compare I stated clearly the iPhone has a big developer and user base.

With some luck we see some nice ports, and some nice new software inspired or copied from Android and iPhoneOS as well as previous Maemo versions. But it will need time, I guarantee you that.

PS: Oh and you lack App Store framework for micro payments and developers traditionally don't get paid in Maemo community. So it requires technical and cultural/moral changes.
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