@Andras: You're right, Apple doesn't need to state this emphatically. They're a "special" company though, and they care enough about the brand image to do this. At no other company of that size would this ever cross the minds of the executive team. It's another Steve Jobs special.
OT: @Paul, etc. Re:development on the iPhone. Yeah, it's not a Mac. Check those expectations at the door right now. Dashboard widget compatibility makes sense technically and from a UX standpoint, so to the extent that 3rd parties will be writing arbitrary stuff, it will probably be more like widgets (or exactly widgets) than anything else. It *is* an embedded device; it's not a laptop.
by Ben — Jan 09
OT: @Paul, etc. Re:development on the iPhone. Yeah, it's not a Mac. Check those expectations at the door right now. Dashboard widget compatibility makes sense technically and from a UX standpoint, so to the extent that 3rd parties will be writing arbitrary stuff, it will probably be more like widgets (or exactly widgets) than anything else. It *is* an embedded device; it's not a laptop.