1001 iPhone apps!

On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:53:36 -0700 (PDT), 4phun <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On Jul 29, 11:52*am, Larry <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Fortune mag has a big article about the now 1001 iphone apps on the
>> website, all those little games, flashlights and other useless toys that
>> don't require cut and paste or removeable storage databases.
>>
>>
>> This will be like the old college kids seeing how many college students
>> they can pack into a Volkswagen Beetle....(c;
>>
>
>>
>> I think the one-at-a-time running program limit was very smart thinking on
>> iPhone's part. *Multiple programs waste memory Apple Store could use to
>> sell you more apps.....very smart, Apple.
>>
>> ......there's only so much memory in it.....
>
>There are PCs that for years had far less memory than a 16GB iPhone. I
>have seen whole businesses run on a lot less with remote terminals
>networked also.
>
>BTW an unjailbroken iPhone should max out at 164 unique apps due to
>need for an launcher icon on the springboard.
>
>Of course you could store web apps in Safari bookmarks which would
>increase local code to hundreds if not thousands more. That is a neat
>feature of Safari little used.
>
>Jailbreak it and memory is the only limit.



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4phun <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> On Jul 29, 11:52*am, Larry <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Fortune mag has a big article about the now 1001 iphone apps on the
>> website, all those little games, flashlights and other useless toys
>> that don't require cut and paste or removeable storage databases.
>>
>>
>> This will be like the old college kids seeing how many college
>> students they can pack into a Volkswagen Beetle....(c;
>>
>
>>
>> I think the one-at-a-time running program limit was very smart
>> thinking o
> n
>> iPhone's part. *Multiple programs waste memory Apple Store could use
>> to sell you more apps.....very smart, Apple.
>>
>> ......there's only so much memory in it.....
>
> There are PCs that for years had far less memory than a 16GB iPhone. I
> have seen whole businesses run on a lot less with remote terminals
> networked also.
>
> BTW an unjailbroken iPhone should max out at 164 unique apps due to
> need for an launcher icon on the springboard.
>
> Of course you could store web apps in Safari bookmarks which would
> increase local code to hundreds if not thousands more. That is a neat
> feature of Safari little used.
>
> Jailbreak it and memory is the only limit.
>

Vic, can you tell what size the apps on the store are, especially those
games with all the graphics in them. How big are they?

A 16GB iPhone doesn't have 16GB of program storage....That would be slow
as hell!