First 3rd-party app for iPhone appears on Apple’s site

13 Comments on First 3rd-party app for iPhone appears on Apple’s site

neven on Mon, 9th Apr 2007 1:11 pm


Odd. It would be really, really weird if a poker game were the first 3rd party app for iPhone. Really weird.

flynn on Mon, 9th Apr 2007 1:22 pm


First of all, calling a widget an application is already quite a stretch imo.
And second, why is a developer putting out a widget that’s 480×320 newsworthy *at all*? Because he hopes it will run on the iPhone without any further tweaking?

Ralph Wiggum on Mon, 9th Apr 2007 1:59 pm


That looks more like an application than most widgets do. I think all widgets will now be built 480×132 in hopes of Apple opening up the iPhone.

Mike H. on Mon, 9th Apr 2007 2:14 pm


this software has made those ambitious claims since a few days after the iPhone was announced. its not to be taken seriously.

widgetboy on Mon, 9th Apr 2007 5:03 pm


i think this is an immensely serious discovery, and should therefore be taken VERY SERIOUSLY.

frissy on Tue, 10th Apr 2007 12:12 pm


Well the check “tapping” works on any mac laptop touchpad…

So just the dimensions are the same, and tapping works on touchpads. Oh yeas, iphone…oh yes…not.

Ante Vukorepa on Tue, 10th Apr 2007 12:21 pm


The “tap” has nothing to do with touch sensitivity… it’s the sound you make when gesturing a “check” on a poker table.

So all in all, the only thing this is - is a normal widget the author claims to fit iPhone’s display resolution.

Ralph on Tue, 10th Apr 2007 12:23 pm


Maybe the touch stuff is for the 2 people who own those touch-sensative ModBook Pros.

anderson on Tue, 10th Apr 2007 12:26 pm


Ante, no, Scenario clearly means the iPhone, their site says as much. But I don’t think they have any agreement with Apple yet, they are just doing it this way because they know Apple has to eventually open it up to developers, and don’t want to write the app twice.

MaceX on Tue, 10th Apr 2007 3:46 pm


Office, give us the option to run the full native Office on the iPhone.

Now, couple that with wireless presentations and you will have the ultimate presentation tool on your hand: the iPhone.

Of course, booting a full Mac OS X.

msciaudone on Wed, 11th Apr 2007 12:29 pm


That’s cool. Also check out the following link/photo. This will be an application to run on the iPhone in summer in Beta. It is currently in development. It will not be a Widget.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7616289@N06/446341338/

Anon on Wed, 11th Apr 2007 8:46 pm


From their webiste: “Note that Apple’s iPhone is scheduled for release in June. Apple has not yet disclosed plans to allow third-party widget development for the iPhone.”

Don’t get your hopes up

Jonathan on Thu, 12th Apr 2007 5:41 pm


This is great news even if it is done without explicit aproval from Apple. I think that if enough developers clammor for the opportunity to develop 3rd party apps then Apple will open up. I personally think this is an Apple tactic to do just that. I work for a company that develops a phone recording app for Windows mobile and I’d love to port it to the iPhone.

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