Re: iPad is Coming

["Chuck Lewis" <chuck.lewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

THAT was funny - nice one :-)

Chuck

-----Original Message-----
From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Thorbjoern Ravn Andersen
Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 10:19 PM
To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
Subject: Re: [PCTECH] iPad is Coming

Scott Klement skrev:
> My problem with iPad is not in your list :)
>
> My problem with iPad is that you can't write your own software to run on 
> it.  You can only run what Apple wants you to run.  I'm a programmer, 
> and would love to be able to build my own creature comforts into the 
> thing -- but Apple won't let me do anything except stuff I get from 
> their App Store.
>   
Yes you can simply by downloading your iPhone SDK to your Mac which 
gives you XCode and a simulator, but you must enroll and pay $99 to get 
a license key that will allow you to deploy your programs to actual 
hardware.

You can then work in Objective-C, or by buying Monotouch - 
http://monotouch.net/ - in C#.

I think you should try - I think you could do some very interesting 
stuff with the i on it (why else should they call it iPhone?)