43F Podcast: Snell & Gruber on iPhone applications
Submitted by Merlin on January 10, 2007 - 11:28am.
Jason Snell and John Gruber on iPhone applications
Merlin talks with MacWorld Magazine’s Jason Snell and DaringFireball.net’s John Gruber about the likely future of applications for the recently announced iPhone. Who will be allowed to play? How does it affect the ostensible competition? Will this end up feeling more like a phone with an iPod, a Mac with a phone, or something altogether different? (5:48)
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