Ensorceled 3 months ago

Java was a bonus compared to ObjC, but we looked into supporting Blackberry and it was a nightmare to support all the different versions of java, frameworks, and screen types. Much easier to teach someone ObjC and produce one iPhone version.

philipwhiuk 3 months ago

Which was true, but developers decided it was worth writing new SW for iPhone when the App Store was unveiled (which was significantly later).