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I'm satisfied with the 3G I get because I live in a small city (big town), and it works fine. However, whenever I have to drive to L.A. I hate AT&T's data service.
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Also... I spoke to AT&T Executive Customer Service and according to Charles Jones: "We don't have any control over the applications that are put on the [iPhone]." He'd have no reason to deceive me or anyone else who calls AT&T.
07/31/09
I guarantee AT&T directed Apple to some clause in some long drawn out contract and asked nicely that they removed the app (by 'asked nicely' I mean demanded). Apple of course complied and chalked it up to one of a growing list of bullshit excuses for removing apps.
Think about it. Why would Apple approve the app in the first place when it only had one purpose from the very start?
Nothing was hidden about what the app would do, it was a Google Voice app. Not like a picture trading app that people suddenly start abusing with child porn or some sneaky developer that hid the naughty parts of their app from Apple until it was approved.
People were abuzz about the app before it even came out.
Not to mention Apple has been in bed with Google for ages.
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I know thats not the "point", we shouldn't have to resort to hacking/voiding warranties, but the option is there...
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Google Voice, there's no App for That.
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It seems that, from reading the reports on the Google Voice APP issue, as well as other strange APP decisions, that Apple is doing nothing more than straining its relationship with the APP developers. After all, doesn't Apple run advertisements touting the number of APPs available through it's service? What happens when the developers stop jumping through hoops and quit developing cutting edge applications?
Apple, you're becoming your own worst enemy. While I was planning to upgrade my phone, I'm having second thoughts now. So remember, "Every action has an equal and opposite reaction." And this "reaction" could be the loss of a few customers for both Apple and AT&T.
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"Call Bob" "Calling Bob" Done!
Look Ma! No Car Crash!
07/31/09
I really need to spend some time with an iPhone, because every time I hear an iPhone user complain about missing some feature, I'm always SHOCKED.
No voice dial? No MMS?
The list of things an iPhone CAN'T do that my three year old Blackberry on TMO CAN do (and for $15 less/month for data) is constantly growing and completely inexcusable.
07/31/09
What about the things it does better than your 3 yr old BB?
07/31/09
Seriously, though, he's kinda right. Apple frequently hits on all the big extravagant things, and leaves out the simple "duh!" stuff. Tell me, what, of the majorly touted features of 3.0, was a huge advance? Was it cut and paste? Voice dialing? Push notifications?
There's some things the iPhone can do that my G1 can't, I'll give you that. But I can still check Facebook and Twitter, get e-mails and calendar events synced to my phone, navigation with Gmaps, chat with Gtalk/IM, MMS (from the start), play music, YouTube videos, scan barcodes and do price comparisons with ShopSavvy, movie listings with Flixster, song searches with Shazam, and organize my NetFlix account. I have visual voicemail, and can even use my phone as a keyboard/mouse on my computer at home with RemoteDroid. Not to mention homescreen widgets like a controller for the music app, sticky notes on the homescreen, live folders that stay populated with my most used bookmarks (again, right on the homescreen), and my absolute favorite, the notification shade that allows me to read incoming texts/email subjects/tweets without opening up an application when I'm in the middle of something else, which, by the way, if I had to, I could still do because my phone can multitask, dammit.
I'm more than content to let iPhone users be happy with their phone because, frankly, different phones work for different people. But it is not head and shoulders above the competition in every way possible. And Apple's certainly not doing itself any favors by blocking one of the best features they could've given their users.
Now we have Google Voice. Suck on that, Apple fans.
Have fun with your compass.
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Wow, I've apparently had that pent up for a while. Haha. Nothing personal, Howie.
07/31/09
He meant to say
re crunchpad, obviously i'm delighted to have received this free press - people are going to go completely ripshit mad for this thing when we release it later in the year. People have also been talking about all this Kindle Killer buzz. It may be possible to play unauthorized e-books, but that's not what we built this thing for. That's bs. Anyway hope we get some more good press going forward. We're all very excited about the November launch. Check out the link.
http://bit.ly/2dVjBQ
They even think the Crunchpad could challenge the Apple Tablet! WTF!
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"i'm completely ripshit mad..." is a profanity laden piece of chum designed to get picked up in the blogosphere and stir buzz about a device that might be available in time for Christmas shopping.
Doesn't matter if it's true or not. Arrington is swearing to get buzz. And it worked.
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i never even heard the phrase "ripshit" til this morning. i love new words whose meaning is obvious.
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I think Arrington knows how to play this pretty well, even if he does come off like a whiney little snot in that tweet.
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I'm not giving up my Mini 9 anytime soon, but I'm not above keeping my eyes on what's happening.
Not above it at all... :)