Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 13th Jan 2007 23:36 UTC
Some more information about the Apple iPhone is keep hitting the web: the ARM CPU is apparently made by Samsung, applications will only be developed by third party companies that have a license agreement with Apple and make sure they follow specific guidelines (and possibly the apps will only be available by iTunes) while other sources say that the iPhone indeed runs a modified version of Darwin with a few OSX components (incorrectly reported by Slashdot today that it's not). Desktop OSX apps won't run on the iPhone of course. David Pogue also has two FAQs on the product (1,2).
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2006-09-24
You are almost entirely correct with your points, however, it doesn't change what I said or make me wrong. Steve Jobs said point blank "The iPhone runs a full version of OSX." Five seconds of common sense will lead you to call bullshit on good old Steve.
FIY, Linksys wireless routers didn't run Linux either by your logic, since you can't install KDE on it.
Sorry I have to call you out directly on this one. Complete BS. OSX would be different if you couldn't install apps on it and it came with a different interface (which is the case), Linux would not. Why? Because OSX as a complete OS includes Aqua. Linux is a command line OS using GNU tools. There is absolutely no reason you would ever have to install X, KDE, GNOME, or anything graphical for it to qualify as Linux.