Re: iPad is Coming

[Michael Ryan <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>]

And of course that adds to the naming fun...iPod, iPad, iMac, iBook,
iPhone...System i?

On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 10:35 AM, Chuck Lewis <chuck.lewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:

> 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?)
>
> --
>  Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen  "...plus... Tubular Bells!"
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