[Epon]

Has anyone tried or successfully attempted to install third-party peripherals to the iPhone that are usually for regular OSX-based computers?

In other words, say you went out, purchased a USB or FireWire CDROM. Is there a way to install the OSX drivers for that onto the iPhone then somehow hook it up and possibly write a program to access it? I'm sorry if this is completely ridiculous, but the Apple iPhone SDK website is currently down, so I can't even dig thru their documentation right now.

If this is possible, I'm assuming you need to jailbreak. Is this a valid statement?

~~EDIT~~

NetMage says no for the obvious reasons (ARM processor, d'oh!)

My next question:

Since the SDK site is down still, I wanted to know if there's a way to send data back and forth via either the USB or FireWire pins on the datacable to whatever.

In other words, I write a program. I hit a button on the screen and it sends a stream of bits out. I can also send streams of bits in to the iPhone and my program can read them. Is this possible?

[NetMage]

Completely ridiculous

The iPhone runs an ARM processor. Desktop Macs run either Intel or PowerPC. Code isn't compatible.

[Epon]

Originally Posted by NetMage

Completely ridiculous

The iPhone runs an ARM processor. Desktop Macs run either Intel or PowerPC. Code isn't compatible.

Thank you. I neglected to take that into consideration.

Ok, so here's my next question. Since the SDK site is down still, I wanted to know if there's a way to send data back and forth via either the USB or FireWire pins on the datacable to whatever.

In other words, I write a program. I hit a button on the screen and it sends a stream of bits out. I can also send streams of bits in to the iPhone and my program can read them. Is this possible?

[NetMage]

It is possible.

You will have to join the iPod dock connector program, which I think is really expensive.