Apple Not Accepting Opera Mini on iPhone

Post by Zaak » Thu, Oct 30, 2008, 6:59 PM UTC

qqq wrote: post #8

DarkShikari wrote: post #6

I'm always confused by this. If Dell didn't allow Opera or Firefox or Linux to be installed on the computers they sell, or Microsoft didn't allow 3rd-party applications on Windows, people would be up in arms. But Apple is allowed to block anyone from installing any application on their own personal iPhone , and there aren't lawsuits flying?

Is Apple preventing it from being installed in any way or just via Apple's app distribution mechanism? (I don't know either way, just asking.)

Post by jrockway » Thu, Oct 30, 2008, 7:03 PM UTC

tptacek wrote: post #7

dmpayton wrote: post #4

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Agreed, it's not like this is the first time Apple has denied a "competing" application. I can't wait for Android to be released on a decent handset. Then I can give my iPhone to my wife.

This isn't Podcast Listener Pro or whatever; nobody will be surprised if Apple turns down Windows Media Player or Azureus either. One expects Opera did this largely as a publicity stunt. You're going to be the one geek in the room with the Android phone and the Nomad MP3 player, you know. =)

Post by wizlb » Thu, Oct 30, 2008, 7:09 PM UTC

tptacek wrote: post #7

dmpayton wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agreed, it's not like this is the first time Apple has denied a "competing" application. I can't wait for Android to be released on a decent handset. Then I can give my iPhone to my wife.

This isn't Podcast Listener Pro or whatever; nobody will be surprised if Apple turns down Windows Media Player or Azureus either. One expects Opera did this largely as a publicity stunt. You're going to be the one geek in the room with the Android phone and the Nomad MP3 player, you know. =)

Post by cstejerean » Thu, Oct 30, 2008, 7:17 PM UTC

erik wrote: post #15

cstejerean wrote: post #11

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the appstore is by no means the only way to install things on your phone. as a developer you can install whatever you want on your phone including write applications that run in the background. apple will just refuse to publish said apps to the apple store.

Yes, but you have to pay apple, and be approved by them before you receive a developer key. Apple still plays the gatekeeper.

Post by andreyf » Thu, Oct 30, 2008, 7:22 PM UTC

DarkShikari wrote: post #6

I'm always confused by this. If Dell didn't allow Opera or Firefox or Linux to be installed on the computers they sell, or Microsoft didn't allow 3rd-party applications on Windows, people would be up in arms. But Apple is allowed to block anyone from installing any application on their own personal iPhone , and there aren't lawsuits flying?