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iPhone SDK
Been playing a bit with the iPhone SDK lately. Fortunately, I bought a MacBook Pro a few months ago (with default boot to Vista since I rarely ever boot into OS X). If I could pick one word to describe the experience it would be "different." The whole Apple/Jobs culture even leaks into the developer platform. They really couldn't just pick a name like "Object" for example as the base class for various objects. Instead, they had to make it NSObject. Why the NS? It stands for Next-Step--which, as you may know, is the OS that Jobs worked on during his time away from Apple. On top of that, you can't just write an application for the iPhone. You have to get on a waiting list and be approved first. That takes about 6 months or so, after which you still don't have any promise that your app can get loaded on any iPhones. After you finish your app, you then have to submit it to Apple, who decides whether or not they want it on their iPhones. That's a hell of a lot of work to do before getting a yes / no answer (not to mention that even if you do get the app in the store, a cut of every sale goes to Apple).