Add a New Bears Reason Concept: IPhone Headline: (100 character max) Analysis: Cancel 46% agree 13 votes edit Job's totalitarian sentiments hinder the growth of iPhone Last edited on 06/13/08 | Edit | History Steve Jobs' tendency to enforce tight control over Apple's products and their accompanying media or software could hinder the iPhone's adoption and provide bad publicity for the product. *(Application programming interface) On October 17th, 2007, Steve Jobs announced that a Software Developer's Kit (SDK) would be made available for the iPhone/iPod Touch in February 2008[1]. The SDK makes "official" third party applications possible. **(Application programming interface)The phone has successfully been unlocked with the succession of new firmware patches. This allows users to develop any native application of their doing. Jailbreakme.com and http://iphone.nullriver.com/beta/ for more info (100 character max) Cancel 36% agree 11 votes edit Lack of tactile keyboard Top Contributor: Stanky Rich | Last edited on 06/13/08 | Edit | History The iPhone's lack of a tactile keyboard, a major feature of its design which allows for the large touchscreen, could end up being a problem for users who must input a lot of text, such as the business users, a market dominated by the BlackBerry. (100 character max) Cancel

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