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[jotapeh]

Guys, I finally discovered the purpose of the iPad

http://mashable.com/2010/04/14/its-official-cats-love-ipads-video/

[Tumetsu]

Guys, I finally discovered the purpose of the iPad

http://mashable.com/2010/04/14/its-official-cats-love-ipads-video/

Hey, it's keyboard..., oh wait, ipadcat :D
Well, finally I know why my cat has meowed so much lately 

[moi]

I am not a guy with a cat and a Ipad at home and who prefers the company of other males, but if I was I would totally make an IPAD app JUST FOR CATS.
I have the feeling that the first person to release that will pretty much become a millionnaire.
Or does it exist already?

[Melly]

I'm working on it as fast as I can!

[TwilightVulpine]

If the iPad had a cam, cats would be able to post their own pictures on the internet. But then, we would have no more use for them.

[Sam]

No, then the cats will have no more use for us.

(Surely it has a camera or two?  Everything has a camera.)

[undertech]

No, then the cats will have no more use for us.

(Surely it has a camera or two?  Everything has a camera.)

Doesn't come with one, but Apple will get you hooked right up for another $69.

[Valter]

I guess that's the final nail for Adobe Flash

I don't remember the thread that Adobe was initially being discussed in, so here it is.

[TwilightVulpine]

Which is a shame, since the iPad would be a nice device to watch animations and even play some mouse-controlled flash games. This won't stop me from using flash, but it may stop me from buying an iPad. All it's needed is a good alternative with flash.

[Chris Whitman]

Apple have their own Flash-like thing, right? That's what this is all about?

[jpgray]

One potential issue for developers is the language restrictions--you have to develop in Apple approved languages, which seems to be an effort to forestall Adobe's Flash->apple-approved translations.

3.3.1 — Applications may only use Documented APIs in the manner prescribed by Apple and must not use or call any private APIs. Applications must be originally written in Objective-C, C, C++, or JavaScript as executed by the iPhone OS WebKit engine, and only code written in C, C++, and Objective-C may compile and directly link against the Documented APIs (e.g., Applications that link to Documented APIs through an intermediary translation or compatibility layer or tool are prohibited).

This would seem difficult to enforce, and doubtless would prohibit many existing apps?  This seems of a piece with Jobs's efforts to make the iPhone/Pad a sort of Disneyland, avoiding any and all metaplatforms and the like, keeping control over all distribution the primary concern, etc.  What do you think?

[Sam]

Oddly Apple doesn't have a Flash-equivalent.

I think it ultimately comes down to Apple wanting to maintain control of what happens on their devices.  Both for the sake of perceived usability for their customers and profits for themselves.

Here's that thread which discusses the change to the Apple developer agreement that blocked the Flash-to-iPhone compiler thing.

The Flash beta on Android phones looks pretty sweet. (7:30 on has some neat 3D stuff)

[OneMoreGo]

Too much of a closed platform, who would want to spend months or years developing something and have people not be able to play it because it isn't written in a Apple approved language  or may be in any way controversial, or compete with Apples own software. Edge also was pulled immediately by Apple wasn't it? Really this is going back to living or dying on the whim of publishers - not very indie.

So, as a developer I don't see myself targetting it. I guess consumers may like it for whatever reason it is they like iPhones.