A great Chinese input method is already being ported to the iPhone
This image (or mockup?) appears to show the "Fun Input Toy" Chinese IME in use with a 3rd-party iPhone app called WeSMS.
If 3rd party application development is to proceed at this rapid pace in countries in which the iPhone is not even yet sold (China), and without the distribution of an official SDK, and with not just a lack of support but an antagonistic attitude on the part of Apple towards the use of 3rd-party applications and the users who love them –just imagine how quickly the stable of quality iPhone apps will grow with the existence of an SDK, as iPhones begin to be sold around the globe.
A very good call on Apple’s part to open up the phone to outside developers. As a wise man once said, “developers developers developers developers!” Apple does well to not give a cold shoulder to the people who actually want to develop apps (and thus add value to) the iPhone.
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- half-assed translation courtesy of babelfish [↩]
April 16th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
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