Comments on Mac Predictions: The battle for the iPhone

Apple is hedging its bets, claiming that it has...

2009-11-12T06:34:27.696Z
Apple is hedging its bets, claiming that it hasn't rejected the Google Voice app, but rather, it simply hasn't accepted it yet.
They're (Apple) seems pretend that they never know about Google voice app. LOL

Cheers,
iPhone Users

Yup - pretty prescient, Scott :)

2009-10-24T22:19:48.019+01:00
Yup - pretty prescient, Scott :)

3 out of 4...not bad.

2009-10-24T22:09:56.499+01:00
3 out of 4...not bad.

This would be fun: To coincide with Windows 7 in O...

2009-09-25T23:34:59.888+01:00
This would be fun: To coincide with Windows 7 in October, Apple releases new iMacs with Quad Core i7s and new MacBooks, plus brand new iLife and iWork suites re-written to take advantage of Grand Central Dispatch. And they fly.

As for any PR release, it’s mostly polished BS and...

2009-09-01T05:24:03.672+01:00
As for any PR release, it’s mostly polished BS and lies. Of course it was the telcos shot Google Voice down, limited Skype, and crippled the SlingPlayer!

The whole “replicated function” reason is just plain hypocrisy. There are tons of dial pads, media players, web browsers, and weather apps that have been approved and featured in the App Store. But, it would be foolish to assume Apple didn’t compromise with an industry so used to charging $5 for tiny wallpapers and tinny ringtones.

Unlike Windows PC’s, iPhone users are contracted to the device’s carrier, whose subjective app rejections/limitations have a quantifiable negative impact on competitive practices.

The whole controversy surrounding Google Voice makes me wonder if there will be a future NDA required in the future for apps pending approval. Amidst the App Store fiasco, Rhapsody couldn’t have picked a more timely app submission and pre-announcement.

Down the line, it’s only a matter of time until the novelty of instant accessibility wears off the overpriced dumb pipes. One can only hope that with such a greater user penetration, the bandwidth allocation and neutrality reach levels similar to broadband.