'Millions' of Windows Apps to run on iPhone!

Citrix to Bring 'Millions' of Windows Apps to iPhone

Citrix is working on technology that would enable "millions" of
applications that now run on Windows to work on Apple's iPhone.

How Can BB and Android compete with that? Who needs Windows Mobile?
Who wants to lug a laptop now?

http://digg.com/apple/Citrix_to_brin..._to_the_iPhone

To bad so sad for all those who got a new two year contract for XMAS
and it wasn't an iPhone!

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iPhone 3Gold wrote:
> Citrix to Bring 'Millions' of Windows Apps to iPhone
>
> Citrix is working on technology that would enable "millions" of
> applications that now run on Windows to work on Apple's iPhone.
>
> How Can BB and Android compete with that? Who needs Windows Mobile?
> Who wants to lug a laptop now?
>
> http://digg.com/apple/Citrix_to_brin..._to_the_iPhone
>
> To bad so sad for all those who got a new two year contract for XMAS
> and it wasn't an iPhone!
>
Don't get too excited. If you read the article a little more closely, you'd
see that the first thing the author says is, "How about starting with
Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel,...".

Guess what? The Blackberry Storm already runs a program that allows one to
read AND EDIT both of those! As well, it does Powerpoint. I guess that
answers your question of "How can BB...compete with that?". I think it's
iPhone that needs to do the "competing". Other than its admittedly more
proficient touch-screen interface it does not do all that the BB can do.

As for the other 999,997 apps that the article claims Microsoft has, most
people couldn't name two of them.

iPhone 3Gold wrote:
> Citrix to Bring 'Millions' of Windows Apps to iPhone
>
> Citrix is working on technology that would enable "millions" of
> applications that now run on Windows to work on Apple's iPhone.
>
> How Can BB and Android compete with that? Who needs Windows Mobile?
> Who wants to lug a laptop now?
>
> http://digg.com/apple/Citrix_to_brin..._to_the_iPhone
>
> To bad so sad for all those who got a new two year contract for XMAS
> and it wasn't an iPhone!
>
Don't get too excited. If you read the article a little more closely, you'd
see that the first thing the author says is, "How about starting with
Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel,...".

Guess what? The Blackberry Storm already runs a program that allows one to
read AND EDIT both of those! As well, it does Powerpoint. I guess that
answers your question of "How can BB...compete with that?". I think it's
iPhone that needs to do the "competing". Other than its admittedly more
proficient touch-screen interface it does not do all that the BB can do.

As for the other 999,997 apps that the article claims Microsoft has, most
people couldn't name two of them.

iPhone 3Gold wrote:
> Citrix to Bring 'Millions' of Windows Apps to iPhone
>
> Citrix is working on technology that would enable "millions" of
> applications that now run on Windows to work on Apple's iPhone.
>
> How Can BB and Android compete with that? Who needs Windows Mobile?
> Who wants to lug a laptop now?
>
> http://digg.com/apple/Citrix_to_brin..._to_the_iPhone
>
> To bad so sad for all those who got a new two year contract for XMAS
> and it wasn't an iPhone!
>
Don't get too excited. If you read the article a little more closely, you'd
see that the first thing the author says is, "How about starting with
Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel,...".

Guess what? The Blackberry Storm already runs a program that allows one to
read AND EDIT both of those! As well, it does Powerpoint. I guess that
answers your question of "How can BB...compete with that?". I think it's
iPhone that needs to do the "competing". Other than its admittedly more
proficient touch-screen interface it does not do all that the BB can do.

As for the other 999,997 apps that the article claims Microsoft has, most
people couldn't name two of them.

iPhone 3Gold <[email protected]> wrote in news:a935cf4f-2a50-43cc-
[email protected]:

> Citrix to Bring 'Millions' of Windows Apps to iPhone
>
>

How will it work without:
Function keys?


cut/paste?


CTRL key?


ALT key?


Windows key?


Windows codecs?


Windows drivers?


RAM?


Storage?


Be real!
http://www.download.com/OpenOffice-o...-/3000-2064_4-
10263109.html?tag=mncol;pop

Open Office on bloatware Windows is 142MB. Storage required is well
over that, especially if you want to DO something. Citrix going to run
Open Office on a Fruitfone? Bull****.

What about games? Pick one. Here, I'll help at random:
http://www.download.com/Little-Fight...10155222.html?
tag=mncol;pop
Where's the DirectX 9.0 driver for iPhone gonna come from, God? Steve?
Woz?
How are you going to play ANY Windows game with NO INPUT DEVICE? NO
DIRECTX? NO DRIVERS?

Maybe we can make a flashlight program run on Win BASIC......

At 22 Dec 2008 12:27:52 -0800 iPhone 3Gold wrote:
> Citrix to Bring 'Millions' of Windows Apps to iPhone
>
> Citrix is working on technology that would enable "millions" of
> applications that now run on Windows to work on Apple's iPhone.


Yeah, another remote desktop app. Yawn.

> How Can BB and Android compete with that?

With their own RDS clients?

> Who needs Windows Mobile?


Anyone who needs RDS TODAY?

> Who wants to lug a laptop now?


Not me. I've used Windows Mobile as a laptop replacement since long before
the iPhone was a gleam in Steve Jobs' eye...


>
<http://digg.com/apple/Citrix_to_brin...s_to_the_iPhon
e>
>
> To bad so sad for all those who got a new two year contract for XMAS
> and it wasn't an iPhone!


And who knows- by the end of that two-year contract the iPhone might be
ready to be a laptop replacement...

On 12/22/08 3:27 PMDec 22, "iPhone 3Gold" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Citrix to Bring 'Millions' of Windows Apps to iPhone

Your subject line is wrong. Even if Citirx does support iPhone clients, the
applications won't "run" on the iPhone. The applications will execute (i.e.
Run) on a Windows server and the display and keyboard/mouse input will be
redirected through the iPhone. You will need to have a good network
connection any tiem you want to run one of the applications and also make al
the data files available to the Citirx server.

Carl wrote:
> iPhone 3Gold wrote:
>> Citrix to Bring 'Millions' of Windows Apps to iPhone
>>
>> Citrix is working on technology that would enable "millions" of
>> applications that now run on Windows to work on Apple's iPhone.
>>
>> How Can BB and Android compete with that? Who needs Windows Mobile?
>> Who wants to lug a laptop now?
>>
>> http://digg.com/apple/Citrix_to_brin..._to_the_iPhone
>>
>> To bad so sad for all those who got a new two year contract for XMAS
>> and it wasn't an iPhone!
>>
> Don't get too excited. If you read the article a little more closely,
> you'd see that the first thing the author says is, "How about
> starting with Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel,...".
>
> Guess what? The Blackberry Storm already runs a program that allows
> one to read AND EDIT both of those! As well, it does Powerpoint. I
> guess that answers your question of "How can BB...compete with
> that?". I think it's iPhone that needs to do the "competing". Other
> than its admittedly more proficient touch-screen interface it does
> not do all that the BB can do.
> As for the other 999,997 apps that the article claims Microsoft has,
> most people couldn't name two of them.
>
I apologize for the multiple posts; email program glitch.

On Dec 22, 10:47*pm, Todd Allcock <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> And who knows- by the end of that two-year contract the iPhone might be
> ready to be a laptop replacement...

Um, there is another new iPhone to be announced in Jan 2009.
Apple has to stay ahead of the pack.

Todd Allcock <[email protected]> wrote in news:LeZ3l.5168$lX6.3802
@newsfe06.iad:

> And who knows- by the end of that two-year contract the iPhone might be
> ready to be a laptop replacement...
>
>

With no cut and paste??

On Dec 22, 3:27*pm, iPhone 3Gold <[email protected]> wrote:
> Citrix to Bring 'Millions' of Windows Apps to iPhone
>
> Citrix is working on technology that would enable "millions" of
> applications that now run on Windows to work on Apple's iPhone.
>
> How Can BB and Android compete with that? Who needs Windows Mobile?
> Who wants to lug a laptop now?
>
> http://digg.com/apple/Citrix_to_brin...ws_Apps_to_the...
>
> To bad so sad for all those who got a new two year contract for XMAS
> and it wasn't an iPhone!

Saying it will work and seeing it work are two differernt things.
We're used to the Apple Shuffle.