[Foundation-l] iPhone App

[Dan Rosenthal]

Like I said, Apple is heavily invested in the iPhone SDK, to the point  
of throwing hundreds of million dollars into it.  Given apple's prior  
relationship with Wikipedia, i.e., integrating it into both OS X (in  
10.5) and Safari, it sounds highly likely they'd support Wikipedia on  
the iPhone.

-Dan
On Mar 9, 2008, at 3:31 AM, <symode09 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> mhm, I agree. I think apple would love a good wikimedia app - im  
> sure they
> would be willing to give a bit away (not like apple are running low on
> money) - I haven't seen the app (ill visit the url now) but, if we  
> had an
> app with easy dictionary functionality, incorporates news and makes  
> it easy
> to search wikipedia (the three projects I see as being most  
> important on the
> run) it would be a great start :)
>
> ~~~~
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Brian McNeil" <brian.mcneil at wikinewsie.org>
> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 4:26 PM
> To: "'Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List'" <foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org 
> >
> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] iPhone App
>
>> I'm wondering what you could do beyond Brion's little app when  
>> working
>> with
>> Wikipedia. OTOH, it's maybe a tad cheeky to call it a "little app"  
>> because
>> this looks like exactly the sort of thing that every iPhone owner  
>> would
>> want
>> to have.
>>
>> Deni, I suggest you mail this idea on to Brion and Kul in the  
>> office to
>> mull
>> over and perhaps get in touch with Apple about. Seeing how high- 
>> volume
>> this
>> list has been of late they may well miss this suggestion. I would  
>> also aim
>> higher than an iPhone for the prize, I do suspect that anyone  
>> playing with
>> the SDK already has one so it might not be an appropriate incentive.
>>
>> In any case, Brion's blog entry certainly does pose an interesting
>> question
>> about the appropriateness of getting involved with applications for a
>> locked-down device. However, I think you have to be realistic that  
>> there
>> will be numerous attempts to use the SDK in conjunction with  
>> Wikimedia
>> projects and it would be better to have some say over that.
>>
>>
>> Brian McNeil
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org
>> [mailto:foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of  
>> Stephen
>> Bain
>> Sent: 09 March 2008 07:31
>> To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] iPhone App
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 4:25 PM,  <symode09 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hey Everyone! Since the iphone/ipod touch sdk kit has been release  
>>> I have
>> been thinking about a wikimedia app - I had the idea of wikimedia  
>> running
>> a
>> comp for people to make the best wikimedia app...
>>
>> Brion read your mind, went back in time and created the first entry
>> already:
>>
>> http://leuksman.com/log/2008/03/08/wikipedia-local-search/
>>
>> He raised the interesting question at the end of the whether
>> "Wikimedia's open-source software policies conflict with the various
>> restrictions on software distribution for locked-down devices like  
>> the
>> iPhone".
>>
>> -- 
>> Stephen Bain
>> stephen.bain at gmail.com
>>
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