When Apple released the iPhone in 2007, they did not release an SDK that developers could use to create native apps. While many people were angered by this or claimed this would be the phone's downfall, it ended up being a good decision on Apple's part. When they did release development tools in February 2008, they were full featured and polished.
Apple and its defenders argued that opening a mobile phone platform to full scale development would necessarily lead to a less stable environmental. Having a crashy PC can be worked around if if it is for home use. If you are a bank running mission critical services — crashing is not an option. Apple saw the phone as a mission critical device. It has to be able make calls without crashing. Its battery had to last. In 2007 the Palm Trio and Windows Mobile (both of which had an app development eco-systems) had trouble on both fronts. To this day, Apple still keeps a tight control over app development and distribution.
This issue has becoming even important now that Android based phones are are open for any developer to release software for. In resent weeks android phones have been under attack from several different vectors. According to research by Tech Daily, there are 44 known peices of malware that target Android phones. There is also at least one known botnet running on Android phones on AT&T's network. Simmilar attacks have targeted Blackberrys and some Nokia phones.
Until Next Time,
Mike
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