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Browsing a range of mobile phone websites, I was struck by the incredible similarities of the way different phones are showcased.
Yes there are microsites and flash animations and loads of 360 degree spinning devices, but at their heart, they look the same.
[Update: Jeff LaMarche (author of one of the best iPhone books on the market) wrote one of his trademark 'no tact' responses to this post. I'd be very interested to know what people think about his post.]
[Update 2: Guy English (aka kickingbear) chimes in on this debate with what is the best response I've seen from a hardcore Cocoa developer. Basically: Apple's tools are probably better at producing better iPhone apps, but let's see what MonoTouch and Flash can deliver before we definitively say that they are no good.]
Novell recently announced a product called MonoTouch, which allows developers to write iPhone applications using C#, a language invented by Microsoft (but since standardised). It’s a very clever piece of work that allows someone without experience of Objective-C – the only option that Apple gives you for iPhone development – to write an iPhone application with a reduced learning curve.
