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"Phone differentiation used to be about radios and antennas and things like that," Mr. Jobs said. "We think, going forward, the phone of the future will be differentiated by software."
That view is shared by rivals, including Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc., which are working to popularize their own software platforms for cellphones.
Apple raised hackles in computer-privacy and security circles when an independent engineer discovered code inside the iPhone that suggested iPhones routinely check an Apple Web site that could, in theory trigger the removal of the undesirable software from the devices.
Mr. Jobs confirmed such a capability exists, but argued that Apple needs it in case it inadvertently allows a malicious program -- one that stole users' personal data, for example -- to be distributed to iPhones through the App Store. "Hopefully we never have to pull that lever, but we would be irresponsible not to have a lever like that to pull," he says.
The new iPhone apps are moving very briskly, too, with Apple selling about $1 million a day in mobile software. Sega says its iPhone sales have been so strong that the iPhone could quickly emerge as a mainstream gaming platform.
Apple konpainiak App Store denda ireki zuenetik orain hilabete, jendeak 60 milioi programa jaitsi ditu bere iPhonentzat, gehienak doakoak, tartean Epocrates, entziklopedia bat botiken gainean, zeina 125.000 lagunek jaitsi baitute.
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