Is this allowable by the terms of the iPhone developer program (i.e., that whole business about disallowing interpreters)? If so, awesome. --Jeremy On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 2:18 PM, Adam <adam / rhomobile.com> wrote: > The Rhodes framework is an open source Ruby-based platform for > building locally executing, device-optimized mobile applications. It > is similar in concept to MVC frameworks such as Rails, Merb and > Camping but much lighter weight (and hence executable on a mobile > device) than any of these. Along the way of course we had to implement > Ruby for these device operating systems (iPhone, Windows Mobile and > RIM). > > In general developer productivity is much higher in Rhodes than > writing to diverse native device operating systems and APIs since most > of your UI customization can be done in HTML templates (ERB files). > Rhodes also provides access to native device capabilities such as GPS > and PIM data via an extended set of tags (e.g. <geolocation/>). > > These applications are also optimized for interacting with hosted > enterprise app (SaaS) backends . That is it allows mobile applications > to work offline with synced local data by embedding a client for > RhoSync. The Rhodes source tree contains sample apps for SugarCRM and > Siebel Field Service and we will be providing a mobile interface to > Basecamp soon as well. > > Rhodes is initially available for iPhone, Windows Mobile and Research > in Motion (Blackberry) smartphones. Support for Symbian and Android > devices is under development. > > -- http://jeremymcanally.com/ http://entp.com/ http://omgbloglol.com My books: http://manning.com/mcanally/ http://humblelittlerubybook.com/ (FREE!)