I wish I could attend iPhoneDevCamp but unfortunately I won’t be in the area (or in the right country for that matter ;-) ).
I just read Chris’ post about iPhoneDevCamp and I think these are the right reasons to make the iPhoneDevCamp.
There are a few facts that support Chris’ view:
- In the first week Apple sold 700,000 units
- The iPhone is closed for outside application, but not for web applications
- Having a couple of million units out (after it is also sold in Europe and Asia) means there are a couple of million users using Safari on their iPhone and want to get the right experience in all/most sites.
The day I heard that the iPhone will be closed to 3rd party apps but will use web applications as its main extension approach I thought one thing. Apple should make Safari (or at least just Safari on the iPhone) Microformats aware.
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