One thing you have to say about Steve Jobs, Apple’s chairman, is that somehow or other, and at unpredictable times, he does see the light.

The fact is that ever since he announced the Iphone, he’s been saying that he will not allow third-party software applications to run on it. The reasons he gave were security risks and operating system crashes.

Probably realizing that disallowing third party software for the Iphone will limit its functionality, make it less competitive with mobiles running the Windows Mobile operating system and hurt business, he is slowly backtracking.

In an interview with Walt Mossberg, he said about requests for using third-party software: “If you can just be a little more patient with us I think everyone can get what they want.”

Keep at it Steve, hopefully you’ll make the Iphone a phenomenon like the Ipod!

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Wish you could order pizza from your favorite store from your cell phone without making a call? If they had a mobile web site, you could surf to the site on your cell phone and press a few buttons to Mozzarella heaven.

There’s this web site that makes services available to cell phone browsers for free. Tell them which service you want made accessible and they’ll get in touch with the service, then make it available on their mobile web site, which is called PLIBA.mobi.

PLIBA stands for “Please Make It Available.”

So what you want to do is visit the PLIBA Suggest Page, type in the name of the business that you want made accessible from your cell phone browser, then sit back. PLIBA will contact them invite them to offer their services from the cell phone-friendly PLIBA site.

Slowly but slowly, the mobile web is catching hold…

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