Thread: Nokia's iPod killer....n800 successor?
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2007-08-29 , 16:30
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Originally Posted by thehobbit View Post
Apple claims the reason they aren't allowing third party applications to be installed is because it could easily crash the network. Hopefully nokia finds some loop hole that could allow it to be open source. Other wise it might just be another fancy phone on the market that might not do somethings better or worse then the iphone.
That's really one of the silliest statements from Apple in a very long time.

""You don't want your phone to be an open platform.... You need it to work when you need it to work. Cingular doesn't want to see their West Coast network go down because some application messed up.""

Of course there is a whole bunch of other reasons for Apple behind that move. Then again, it can of course influence the stability of the individual device. A poorly behaving 3rd party application can crash the device. Mostly I think it's about Apple controlling the user experience. It's much easier on a closed system, things can be far more integrated.