Granted, I know next to nothing about the inner workings of cell phones and networks, but what kind of security problems do 3rd party apps create? Is this a problem with other smartphones? At first I thought this was referring to virus protection, but Jobs makes it sound like its related to the stability of the OS. Could someone explain why this is an issue that they are so concerned about?
If you've ever used a treo, you know what kind of stability problems third party apps can cause (many). Stock advice on the treo discussion boards is "do a hard reset and start over" when your treo becomes unstable. Kudos to Apple for putting a framework in place to make the iPhone stable and usable. All these phones are cool on the way home from the store. It's the rare one that you aren't ready to be done with after two weeks.
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Granted, I know next to nothing about the inner workings of cell phones and networks, but what kind of security problems do 3rd party apps create? Is this a problem with other smartphones? At first I thought this was referring to virus protection, but Jobs makes it sound like its related to the stability of the OS. Could someone explain why this is an issue that they are so concerned about?
If you've ever used a treo, you know what kind of stability problems third party apps can cause (many). Stock advice on the treo discussion boards is "do a hard reset and start over" when your treo becomes unstable. Kudos to Apple for putting a framework in place to make the iPhone stable and usable. All these phones are cool on the way home from the store. It's the rare one that you aren't ready to be done with after two weeks.