[LegendHasIt]

I almost bought one several months ago.... Prices have sure come down since then.

Even before this came up, it always irritated me that most of the companies that make devices that use smartphone apps don’t publish the apps themselves, for download directly from their websites, or better yet on one of those little CDs or a flash memory card and include it with a device. You gotta go through Apple or google to get it, or use one of those third party app sites, where you don’t know what you are getting.

[Yo-Yo]

it always irritated me that most of the companies that make devices that use smartphone apps don’t publish the apps themselves, for download directly from their websites

With an iPhone, unless you do other sketchy things to your phone to 'jailbreak' it, the only way you can download apps is through the Apple App Store.

Companies couldn't offer apps on a CD even if they wanted to.