I quit the iPhone

w1z4rd

w1z4rd

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I have loved the iPhone, but now I am quitting the iPhone.

This is not an easy decision.

I was there in January 2007 when it was announced and I bought the first iPhone as soon as it was available. I happily bought the iPhone 3G a year later. I've proudly yelled "I Am A Member Of The Cult Of iPhone." I've been an unabashed cheerleader for the device to all who'll listen. And I've scoffed at developers who said they'd abandon the platform.

But I'm not going to upgrade to the iPhone 3GS. Instead, I'm abandoning the iPhone and AT&T. I will grudgingly pay the $175 AT&T termination fee and then I will move on to another device.

What finally put me over the edge? It wasn't the routinely dropped calls, something you can only truly understand once you have owned an iPhone. I've lived with that for two years. It's not the lack of AT&T coverage at home. I've lived with that for two years, too. It certainly isn't the lack of a physical keyboard, that has never bothered me. No, what finally put me over the edge is the Google Voice debacle.

Most of you won't know what I'm talking about, so I'll explain.

Google Voice is a a call management service that lets you determine what calls get through to you based on who's calling and what time of day it is, among other factors. It has amazing features, like automatically transcribing all your voicemails. And you can forward calls to any other phone easily and automatically. Here's an overview of the service if you aren't familiar with it.
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Please read the rest of the article here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/31/AR2009073100971.html

I feel for this guy and he raises some very very important points that are ironic in our South African Telkom context.

In my opinion he is right, Apple are not wanting wants best for their users and their greed is showing and having an effect.
 
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broken1

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I think this is more an AT&T issue then an Apple issue.

In essense, we can complain that Apple dont do what is best for the user because MTN don't offer the iPhone!

Irrelevant to the device, and more relevant to AT&T.
 
d0b33

d0b33

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Apple has a contract with AT&T, AT&T will continue to call some shots, but Apple should get some of the blame...

That said I love my iPhone but then again it's unlocked here so I can change my SP easily.
 
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bwana

bwana

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I wouldnt be surprised if Apple was contractually obligated to block apps like this. The sooner that agreement comes to an end the better for everyone concerned (except ATT of course ;))
 
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dequadin

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There are also issues/limitations with Google Latitude on the iPhone
Unfortunately, since there is no mechanism for applications to run in the background on iPhone (which applies to browser-based web apps as well), we're not able to provide continuous background location updates in the same way that we can for Latitude users on Android, Blackberry, Symbian and Windows Mobile. Nevertheless, your location is updated every time you fire up the app and then continuously updated while the app is running in the foreground.
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Google Latitude. Now for iPhone.

I wonder if these things are just coincidence?
 
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StbA

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Google competes with Apple, MS, AT&T, Yahoo and cellphone company's, no surprise there. Personally I think that the hacks on the iPhone will allow ppl to do whatever they want. Remember the hacks is what gave Apple a kick in the butt to open a app store.

And so it will be once more with competing services.
 
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guest2013-1

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bwana said:
I wouldnt be surprised if Apple was contractually obligated to block apps like this. The sooner that agreement comes to an end the better for everyone concerned (except ATT of course ;))
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You'd find that Apple chose the provider, not the other way around. So I'm not 100% sure something like that was built into their contract that Apple has to block competition direct to AT&T or whatever.

I just think the user who is quitting the iphone is being stupid in doing so just because of an application with a bunch of nice-to-have's and probably didn't bother upgrading it's firmware as that helped tremendously with the dropped calls (even though I can't vouch for the AT&T network really)

I'm just glad the iPhone isn't networked locked in SA
 
SlinkyMike

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adrianx said:
It looks as if the FCC won't let them be...

FCC Takes On Apple And AT&T Over Google Voice Rejection
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Interesting.
Reading through the 1st page this is exactly what I was about to comment on:
the issue of VOIP on handeheld devices that are getting more and more powerful vs the interests of the carrier you have a contract with and who you have financed the device through has been a sleeping beast for some time.
I remember setting up Skype on my WinMo handset and wondering about it back then already.

I honestly feel that we have another music industry vs file sharing on our hands - the business model has been left in the dust of a quantum leap in tech, they simply have not prepared their businesses to monetize this new way of doing things and frankly: it will get worse before it gets better.

Expect court cases and ruthless and litigious strongarming along the lines of the RIAA.
 
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macboer

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WTF is this guy complaining about on a South African Website?

*It's very good you allow retard to discuss with you in the same forum*
 
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