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Originally Posted by Drybonz
Nah... nothing like that. Notice the timing of the device coming out just a couple weeks before the new iPhone. The whole cell market is a race... and they pushed this phone out to beat the new iPhone. That's why the SDK wasn't ready, the phone is video capable, but it won't be in place until there is an update for it... etc.
They gain nothing by not having these features ready at launch, except bad exposure... but Sprint gains everything by pushing a hot new phone out before the new iPhone... specifically, warm bodies in contracts.
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well, i figured they would push the launch of the device to beat the iphone, but it looks like the SDK is ready to go. all of the developers who have had it seem to praise it, saying that it's dead simple to write for and a great platform. seems to me that it's probably ready for a wider spread release. just looking at the preliminary hack work seems to point to a superbly organized system. the good thing is that palm seems to be working closely with these homebrewers, so maybe that will help speed up a public sdk.