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iPhone to run “real” OS X

by Greg Healy on Jun 8, 2007 at 05:00 PM

At Macworld 2007, when Steve Jobs first let us see the holy grail, iPhone, he stated that the operating system it is running is Mac OS X. Most people took this to mean that it was a stripped down version of OS X, or Mac OS “Mobile.” At the All Things Digital Conference recently, we got word right from the horse’s mouth that the iPhone is running “real” OS X, not just a slimmed or stripped down version.

The speculation for what this could mean was last seen heading out of the atmosphere after it rocketed into the sky. The fact that the iPhone runs “real” OS X, makes the possibilities for development almost endless. It would mean that all widgets that are currently in your Dashboard, could theoretically also run on the iPhone. More traditionally desktop Mac-apps, could be ported easily to work flawless with the iPhone’s touch screen interface. Lets just hope that Apple will soon find a way to let third party developers “safely” release software for the iPhone.

via [TUAW]

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