Comments on: Will Google Voice be the Straw that Breaks the iPhone?

By: Michael in Maine

Michael in Maine — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:56:36 +0000

Apple has come a long way from it’s early years. Remember the famous Super Bowl commercial of 1984, when the young woman smashed the “Big Brother”-like blue screen and claimed to open a new era in computing? Well, like the “Woodstock generation” before it, Apple has sold out to traditional corporate greed and the manipulation of their loyal customers.

You can hang in there with them or go elsewhere. We do have choices today. For now, I’ve taken the step to “jailbreak” my iPhone, but even that has not bought be a totally free environment–even my old Nokia allowed me more flexibility than my jailbroken iPhone.

Wake up Apple, you’ve become like the company you used to vilify.

By: Debra in Seattle

Debra in Seattle — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:50:13 +0000

For this very reason, my very seasoned techy husband just yesterday made the choice between iPhone and Droid.

He picked Droid.

Within 24 hours,he’s suggesting I do the same.

COME ON, Apple. Progress, or loose those of us who would LOVE to stay loyal…

By: Michael in Maine

Michael in Maine — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:58:27 +0000

Ever notice? Apple has become the sort of corporation they once railed against and used to their advantage to attract a “different” customer. Like the “flower children” of the 60′s, who now sit on corporate boards and vote Republican, Apple has grown up and it’s not pretty!

By: Minka

Minka — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:08:11 +0000

Wow, i should digg more into this topic

By: mattia

mattia — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:15:51 +0000

You know what’s strange? That my Italian iPhone 3GS has MMS (and tethering). But if I were you, I wouldn’t envy me too much: the first time I tried to send a multiple SMS to 4 contacts (something like “Ehi guys, what are you doing tonight? Dinner together?” but in Italian ), a plain text, no images or other things, the iPhone switched it into MMS without even asking. So instead of spending 60 cents I end up with almost 2,5 euros. And so I turned off the MMS option once and forever.

Talking about missing stuff, I would really love to have BiteSMS on AppStore. Right now I’m considering JB it only because of that awesome app. How can you create such a rich phone with such a poor SMS handling? No fast reply option, no character count (!), no group/folder archive… bah, maybe in the US SMS are something not really popular but here in Europe they are!

By: Portland Bob

Portland Bob — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 05:28:57 +0000

Apple’s rejection of any videocam app for the 3G (which handles video recording just fine) simply sucks. They expect us to go out and pay $399 (16GB) or $499 (32GB) and get the iPhone 3G-S (that’s what those of us currently with AT&T iPhone service are being charged).
I won’t do it. If the Palm Pre ever gets video, I’ll break my contract & make the switch.

By: stutes

stutes — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:54:20 +0000

Soon as I heard the news I started looking at Android phones, so count me in as someone getting fed up.

By: JKT

JKT — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:57:44 +0000

Typical hyperbole to get eyes on your posting. No, Google Voice will not “break the iPhone.” A more realistic and accurate headline would be “Will Google Voice be the straw that gets iPhone app approval fixed?” And, yes, I think it will be. This has gone too far and SJ will have to make changes. But not “end” the iPhone.

By: Zachary Linquist

Zachary Linquist — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:30:52 +0000

Will Google Voice be the Straw that Breaks the iPhone? – http://ow.ly/iTA7 #iphone

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:41:03 +0000

This move by Apple (and other policies like it) is just plain stupid.