Posted by: Alexander Bibighaus on Apr 01, 2008
Apple's iPhone represents a revolutionary mobile platform that has attracted people of all sorts to download the SDK and take a look. Today, it seems I search the internet for "iPhone" related information only to find hundreds of rants. Most rants are either about the lack of Flash and/or Java support for the iPhone. Perhaps this is because the world is full of developers who know Java or Flash, but not Objective C?
After I perused the SDK, frankly, I was impressed. I believe the iPhone combined with the SDK is a highly versatile device with a level of programmability that makes you wonder about the limits of what can be achieved.
The multitude of rants did inspire me to ask the question: "Why does Apple not support Java since most all mobile phones support Java ME?" Sifting through the diatribes of opinions, I found an interesting older blog that talks about how Apple could, if they wanted, ship a software upgrade to enable Java. Sounds to me that Apple is hedging their bet by choosing a chip processor that supports embedded Java acceleration engine called Jazelle.
Until then, it is an exciting new platform that requires a steep learning curve. Learning is what we developers enjoy doing, right?
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