A quick post linking two recent blogs about the iPhone.
- John (Web Directions): iPhone/Safari is the Mosaic of the Mobile Web (key point: wifi and Safari in iPhone make web usable).
- Dave Winer: Why no iPhone SDK? (answer: the threat to telcos that Skype represents)
It won’t take long for someone to work out how to get Skype on the iPhone, SDK or not. And like iTunes, Apple seem to be taking a “trojan horse” approach - restricting the platform, then working to open it later.
I’m still not sure on the significance of Safari 3 more generally (iPhone fun aside) - I’ve seen very little commentary on it, which is surprising. But the combination of wifi on the iPhone is going to be a bit of a game changer methinks.
Update: interesting take - perhaps Safari is the SDK?
[...] Like I said - not long ’till we start seeing some interesting things happening on the iPhone, perhaps even Voice over IP (VoIP). [...]