Comments on: iPhone Runs Optimised Version of OS X http://news.worldofapple.com/archives/2007/01/14/iphone-runs-optimised-version-of-os-x/ Mac News, Rumours and Opinions That You Want to Hear. Wed, 7 Jan 2009 19:45:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Alex Brooks http://news.worldofapple.com/archives/2007/01/14/iphone-runs-optimised-version-of-os-x/#comment-18621 Alex Brooks Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:45:31 +0000 http://news.worldofapple.com/archives/2007/01/14/iphone-runs-optimised-version-of-os-x/#comment-18621 I think we have to put what Apple means by OS X into perspective, it's not OS X as we know it on our Macs but a form of the operating system built to run on mobile devices, the reason they refer to it as OS X is due to not only branding but all of the Core components are still in place. I think we have to put what Apple means by OS X into perspective, it’s not OS X as we know it on our Macs but a form of the operating system built to run on mobile devices, the reason they refer to it as OS X is due to not only branding but all of the Core components are still in place.

]]> By: chris http://news.worldofapple.com/archives/2007/01/14/iphone-runs-optimised-version-of-os-x/#comment-18620 chris Sun, 14 Jan 2007 22:45:02 +0000 http://news.worldofapple.com/archives/2007/01/14/iphone-runs-optimised-version-of-os-x/#comment-18620 i dont know a lot about these things, but i assume the core of OSX can be ported to ARM, no? apple would be pretty stupid to lie on that. they never said the ipod runs OSX afaik. chris i dont know a lot about these things, but i assume the core of OSX can be ported to ARM, no?

apple would be pretty stupid to lie on that. they never said the ipod runs OSX afaik.

chris

]]> By: B Kennedy http://news.worldofapple.com/archives/2007/01/14/iphone-runs-optimised-version-of-os-x/#comment-18619 B Kennedy Sun, 14 Jan 2007 22:19:30 +0000 http://news.worldofapple.com/archives/2007/01/14/iphone-runs-optimised-version-of-os-x/#comment-18619 Hmmmm... The iPhone has an ARM chip, which doesn't run OS X. Hmmmm… The iPhone has an ARM chip, which doesn’t run OS X.

]]> By: JamesKatt http://news.worldofapple.com/archives/2007/01/14/iphone-runs-optimised-version-of-os-x/#comment-18618 JamesKatt Sun, 14 Jan 2007 18:40:17 +0000 http://news.worldofapple.com/archives/2007/01/14/iphone-runs-optimised-version-of-os-x/#comment-18618 Probably in the future, third-party apps may become available to the iPhone as Apple develops a product line based on it. This is only the first generation of iPhone. There can be iPhones with further expansions such as the ability to add new widgets, and the ability to add games. Java can be added to allow programmability. I would like to see an eBook reader, for example. I would like to see Skyscape's medical apps on iPhone. These are possibilities in the future. The operating system in the iPhone can be updated by Apple at any time for more capabilities. Since the iPhone is actually a handheld computer with phone capabilities done in software through it's operating system, I don't think one can put Linux in it and still have it work as a phone. It is not a hardwired phone. Probably in the future, third-party apps may become available to the iPhone as Apple develops a product line based on it. This is only the first generation of iPhone. There can be iPhones with further expansions such as the ability to add new widgets, and the ability to add games. Java can be added to allow programmability. I would like to see an eBook reader, for example. I would like to see Skyscape’s medical apps on iPhone. These are possibilities in the future. The operating system in the iPhone can be updated by Apple at any time for more capabilities. Since the iPhone is actually a handheld computer with phone capabilities done in software through it’s operating system, I don’t think one can put Linux in it and still have it work as a phone. It is not a hardwired phone.

]]> By: wilson http://news.worldofapple.com/archives/2007/01/14/iphone-runs-optimised-version-of-os-x/#comment-18617 wilson Sun, 14 Jan 2007 11:42:14 +0000 http://news.worldofapple.com/archives/2007/01/14/iphone-runs-optimised-version-of-os-x/#comment-18617 If Sony can put Linux inside car-navigators, portable console games, mixers, why Apple cannot put a minimal BSD core inside the iPhone? Minimal but a full OS X core, without frameworks that it doesn't need, stripping down a full OS X isn't that difficult. NetBSD with supports any processor you could imagine has an ARM version. If what Joswiak says is true, as soon iPhone starts shipping someone will get OpenSource apps like OpenOffice or Gimp running on it. If Sony can put Linux inside car-navigators, portable console games, mixers, why Apple cannot put a minimal BSD core inside the iPhone? Minimal but a full OS X core, without frameworks that it doesn’t need, stripping down a full OS X isn’t that difficult. NetBSD with supports any processor you could imagine has an ARM version. If what Joswiak says is true, as soon iPhone starts shipping someone will get OpenSource apps like OpenOffice or Gimp running on it.

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