iPhone OS 4.0 vs. the Competition: How Does it Compare?

08.04.2010

Another feature Apple seemed to turn a blind eye at is an aggregated social networking app. This is a hot feature across the phone OSes, particularly on the various flavors of Android like and .

These apps essentially list all activity on your various social networks in a seamless, integrated view. I have mixed feelings about these apps; I find them a bit annoying. Heavy social networkers, on the other hand, probably find them pretty useful though. But unless there's a third-party solution, there's no social networking aggregator on iPhone 4.0.

Naturally, the F word came up during the Q&A after the event--Flash, that is. is coming to all of the other mobile platforms. When asked if we could expect Flash or Java support on the iPhone, Jobs gave a one-word answer: "No."