Poll: iPhone SDK nomenclature

As an iPod Touch owner and not an iPhone owner.. I would just like to say that they are NOT the same product. Until we are allowed to have all the iPhone apps. you need to make it clear which product you are talking about

I vote for : Apple touchables

I was calling OS X on the iPhone, then the touch as well, OS X Mini but after a while it sounded a little too cute - also, there's really nothing "mini" about the mobile version of OS X . In some ways it's more advanced than Mac OS X.

OS X Mobile is the term that feels right to me, at least until Apple deigns to give its new platform a name.

I tend to agree with both sides of the argument - there is a need to mark the difference between the two hardware platforms, but both run a mobile version of OS X so why not just say mobile OS X except where one app won't run on one or the other hardware platform. There are, after all a couple of phone apps that don't run on the touch.

I think Apple iTouch devices works best. Takes into account both units as well as future touch devices!

Oh no! Not Silverlight! The evil Microsoft makes that! /sarcasm

Honestly, grow up. Silverlight is going to be a very real competitor to the bloated Flash. It's about time.

#17 is correct ONLY if Apple knights these mobile devices under a unified OS designation. Until that happens, my vote is the concise "iTouch" to represent BOTH devices (or subsequent iterations). Only refer to them individually when an application (such as a multi-dialer) only works on a single device.

For breaking news on new developments, state if an application has been confirmed to work on either or both devices.

I'm sure the official SDK announcement will make designations clear...but until February, iPhone was first out of the gate, but the iPod touch will build marketshare where the users bases will need news sites to clarify platform functionality.

This comments section is proof positive of why Microsoft's naming conventions have never been elegant. I'm certain Apple has put some deliberate thought into it...but I'm also certain they were careful not to OVER-think it.

They call the OS on the iPhone and iPod Touch OS X because that's what it is. It's not Mac OS X, but it is indeed OS X. Why the eff would they want to split hairs any more than that? You look at the device, and you know it's mobile. So why the hell do you need to use the word "mobile" to describe it? I fully support the fact that they're calling the SDK an "iPhone SDK," since that's the dominant product of the platform. And although we all know the iPod Touch is not exactly "an iPhone without the phone," it sure as hell is close enough for horseshoes and hand grenades.

I'd like to throw in another write-in vote for "Mobile OS X". It's an OS that will spread to more and more devices... Apple has made it very clear that this is a new platform, not just a couple devices.

Obviously the iPhone was released first, but it should be remembered is still currently only available in the U.S. Given the that iPod Touch is a world-wide release and that Apple seem to be going to adding partners and country releases for the iPhone at a slower pace. Thereofre the iPod Touch could quite conceivably pass the sales figures of the iPhone, becoming the "main" platform. What would be more interesting would be if there was a PDA/Tablet like device based on the same platform. have to really find a different name.