iPhone rumour: iPhone OS to be licensed out

Whilst many people think that Apple should license out the iPhone's operating system and technology, this rumour is something I'd be very surprised to see happen.

CrunchGear claims that an Apple 'insider' has let slip that the company may be considering doing just that.

It all comes from two seemingly innocuous phrases. "Having a meeting about licensing for the iPhone" and, when asked if that was for accessories, "Naw, we don't do hardware anymore. It's a meeting about multitouch and the OS and stuff."

Granted, this is all conjecture from a beer-addled Mac geek with a background in marketing, so I took up the issue with another rotten Apple contractor, and they said that while nothing’s been decided for sure, his team was tasked with figuring how to get the OS could run on other hardware. We like the sound of that, but again, we’re adding some salt. Take it for what you will.

Will we ever see the fundamentals of iPhone running on other smartphones? Not with Apple's blessing, I'd suggest.

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