June 5th, 2007  
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Quote:
Originally Posted by anthomeyer View Post
Originally Posted by reported by engadget
"This is an important tradeoff between security and openness. We want both. ... we'll find a way to let 3rd parties write apps and still preserve security on the iPhone. But until we find that way we can't compromise the security of the phone. ... I've used 3rd party apps... the more you add, the more your phone crashes. No one's perfect, and we'd sure like our phone not to crash once a day. If you can just be a little more patient with us I think everyone can get what they want."
That's always the way it is, isn't it? Keeping everything closed makes those things run smoothly. Still, even if it will crash frewquently under 3rd party apps, the iPhone will still make a nice-looking paperweight.