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Apple's control may boost delayed Android
APPLE'S CONTROL obsession is playing into the hands of its rival Google.
According to AlleyInsider.com developers are so miffed at the way Jobs' Mob is controlling who is allowed to stick third-party applications on the IPhone that they are switching to Google's Android platform.
The next generation apps platform is only allowing software that has been specifically blessed by St Steve of Cupertino and even then it can only be bought from the official IPhone store.
With the old phones, which were very expensive, coders had no problems penning unofficial applications because large numbers of punters were jailbreaking their Jesus phones to use on different networks. The jailbreaks came with the ability to install any software you liked.
When the new phone is out at a much cheaper cost, it is unlikely anyone will want to risk changing over to another network so fewer will be modified.
The question is, what will happen to all those developers which have been churning out the software that doesn't confirm to Apple's requirements.
According to Mac/IPhone developer Craig Hockenberry, they'll take their projects to Google's Android OS.
It might be that the IPhone is more popular than anything running Android, but the Google-powered machines will actually be better. µ
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With Symbian being a free and open source mobile operating system, I don't think that Apple's control freakary is going to be able to help Android much.

Android's best hope is to drive WIndows Mobile out of business as the main, though minor, rival to Symbian.
"What would happen to the actual developers of the hacked iPhone?"
No, they wont turn to Android, they are just sell or give they software in the APP store. Why would they want to learn a new platform if they are already expert in the iPhone? they are just publish their software in the APP store and presto! May be a few application wont pass the blessing of Steve Jobs, but I have a hacked iPhone and there is a tons of applications that surely will be accepted by Apple because they don't mess with Apple plans.

I will trade in teh iPhone if it is on a solid hardware platform.
Just to clarify...people on ATT's network can jailbreak their iPhone's without unlocking them. Considering Apple isn't allowing for true background processes with the SDK, there may still be a huge jailbreaking/homebrew scene after the 3G iPhone drops.
I think the editor got confused or ADD or something. The title of the article should have been:
"Delayed Android May Boost Apple's Control (of the Smartphone Market)"