“48. As you use the iPhone and come across things you wish Apple
had done differently, and discover what it hasn't done at all, the full
impact of the company's decision not to let third-party developers write
apps becomes depressingly clear. With a Palm OS, Symbian, or Windows
Mobile device, you get access to an array of third-party apps that let
you customize your phone to within an inch of its life. But for now,
at least, the iPhone will mostly be what Apple thinks it should be.
For me, that's the single biggest downside of this wildly ambitious,
inventive device.
“49. Here's something I still don't know: Whether I'm going to
keep the iPhone as my primary mobile device . This phone has so much
going for it, and so many gotchas, that it amounts to a bundle of contradictions:
It's both the most powerful phone the world has ever seen, and one of
the most limited. I'm guessing that most of the gotchas will go away
over time, as they did with the Mac . But I'm still deciding if I want
to be along for the ride.”
