On: Nokia's internal presentation after iPhone was launched (2007) [pdf]

[Aissen]

> - No mention of[…] Java support. Lack of Java would shut out a big mass of existing SW

[Ensorceled → Aissen]

Java was a bonus compared to ObjC, but we looked into supporting Blackberry and it was a nightmare to support all the different versions of java, frameworks, and screen types. Much easier to teach someone ObjC and produce one iPhone version.

[philipwhiuk → Aissen]

Which was true, but developers decided it was worth writing new SW for iPhone when the App Store was unveiled (which was significantly later).