FON

Bueno, para bien o para mal me he apuntado a FON a ver que tal. La idea es compartir el acceso a internet de casa con otros usuarios de FON y asi obtener a cambio acceso gratuito desde cualquier lugar donde haya otro "fonero".
En cuanto llegue el router y lo conecte veremos que tal funciona y cuánta cobertura real encuentro por Barcelona.
Os recomiendo echarle un vistazo a la web de FON, ya hace bastante tiempo que había oido de ellos pero hasta ahora no me animé a probarlo.

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FON

Tags: FON, WiFi

Aplicaciones nativas para el iPhone

Parece que finalmente sí habrá aplicaciones nativas de terceros para el iPhone de Apple. De hecho, creo que no haberlas permitido hubiera siedo el peor error de Apple en años considerando que el iPhone es una plataforma revolucionaria que ya está sacudiendo el mercado de los terminales móviles. (basta con ver cuantos móviles táctiles se están anunciando últimamente).
Apple tiene previsto lanzar un SDK oficial en febrero coincidiento con la MacWorld. Y la noticia viene nada menos que de la propia mano de Steve Jobs en una carta en las hotnews del site de Apple.

Third Party Applications on the iPhone

Let me just say it: We want native third party applications on the iPhone, and we plan to have an SDK in developers’ hands in February. We are excited about creating a vibrant third party developer community around the iPhone and enabling hundreds of new applications for our users. With our revolutionary multi-touch interface, powerful hardware and advanced software architecture, we believe we have created the best mobile platform ever for developers.

It will take until February to release an SDK because we’re trying to do two diametrically opposed things at once—provide an advanced and open platform to developers while at the same time protect iPhone users from viruses, malware, privacy attacks, etc. This is no easy task. Some claim that viruses and malware are not a problem on mobile phones—this is simply not true. There have been serious viruses on other mobile phones already, including some that silently spread from phone to phone over the cell network. As our phones become more powerful, these malicious programs will become more dangerous. And since the iPhone is the most advanced phone ever, it will be a highly visible target.

Some companies are already taking action. Nokia, for example, is not allowing any applications to be loaded onto some of their newest phones unless they have a digital signature that can be traced back to a known developer. While this makes such a phone less than “totally open,” we believe it is a step in the right direction. We are working on an advanced system which will offer developers broad access to natively program the iPhone’s amazing software platform while at the same time protecting users from malicious programs.

We think a few months of patience now will be rewarded by many years of great third party applications running on safe and reliable iPhones.

Steve

P.S.: The SDK will also allow developers to create applications for iPod touch. [Oct 17, 2007]

Tags: Apple, iPhone