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Originally Posted by HarryT
Just like the Windows Mobile SDK only runs on a Windows platform. Really, this is hardly a surprise, given that iOS is a cut-down version of OS/X.
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I'm not saying that that's unique or a bad thing, just that the iOS isn't
the most open because there are others
more open than that.
For example you can develop apps for the new BlackBerry SDK and for Android using anything: MAC, Windows, Linux... your computer just needs to be able to run any (
any, not just a specific one) Java IDE.
And I think that developing apps for Symbian, too, doesn't limit you to one OS.
Edit: And just to clarify, I don't think that Android is
the most open either. Despite allowing some more tinkering more easily, it has a few limits too.
E.g: you can freely upload your app to your device, without paying any fee or creating any accoutn on Android Market, but you can develop using ONLY Java or C++ (and only stripped down versions of the two languages), while for example if I want to develop any application for Windows Mobile I can use almost any programming language that I know, and I do not have to stick to one graphical presentation tool only.