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Good news, everybody! Now you have to make sure your site works on another platform!

But seriously, that really is good news. There are half a million people in the US who are excited enough about good new technology to throw down some serious cash as soon as it comes out.

Plus they all have the first phone with desktop-grade web browsing capability on a great browser. They can be the core of the next great mobile app, which doesn't need any carrier approval. Did I mention what a great demographic this is for advertisers?

This is awesome.



"Good news, everybody! Now you have to make sure your site works on another platform!"

The iPhone ships with Safari, doesn't it? So if you're app works on Safari it should work on the iPhone


No not really. Netvibes is a bit off as are things that work advanced JavaScript. I'm sure they'll release some updates but it seems that it's got a couple holes here and there.


The TV commercials gave me the impression that Google maps works. That's about as advanced as javascript gets.


it's not the browser based gmaps. it's a "native" app.


Hm, that's cheating :-(


Just like reencoding select Youtube videos and calling it "Youtube" with zero flash support.




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