Subj : droid, iphone, etc..
To   : Nightfox
From : mrproper
Date : Tue Dec 29 2009 04:51 pm

  Re: droid, iphone, etc..
  By: Nightfox to mrproper on Tue Dec 29 2009 12:27 pm

 > That's an interesting idea and might be cool to see.  I don't think there
 > would be any major obstacles to that, but I'm not sure what the best way to
 > do that would be, as I haven't done any iPhone/Droid development (I've
 > actually wanted to start looking into iPhone development recently but still
 > haven't yet).
 >
 > I've heard some people say they've had some luck compiling Synchronet for
 > Mac's OS X, and the iPhone is based on OS X; maybe with a jailbroken
 > iPhone/iPod Touch, with the BSD subsystem tools and compilers installed on
 > an iPhone, you might be able to compile Synchronet and run it on an
 > iPhone..
 >
 > Using an iPhone as a server like that though would probably mean you'd want
 > it plugged into wall power all the time so that the battery wouldn't run
 > out, and in that situation, why not just use a regular PC?

I was thinking he could run the BBS and pretty much use the web services to
access everything, I'm sure a small app could be made for the phone that has
macros, etc to intergrate with the web service.


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Tim Smith (Mrproper)
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