The Washington Post has an article today stating the "FCC is looking into Apple's block on Google Voice App as part of a bigger investigation into how wireless industry practices affect consumers."
Good!
While I like my iPhone, I can not stand that some of the best apps out there are either blocked by Apple or that some software vendors simply do not even port to the iPhone because they know Apple will either not allow their app in or worse, Apple has such a hold on multi-tasking in their SDK that it makes true business apps almost a joke. This is why you see businessmen carry a Blackberry and an iPhone. There is no reason that the iPhone could not be a serious business tool. I had better calendar and email on my old beatup Treo 650 than I do on my iPhone. That is just ridiculous. Yes, my Apple fanboy friends (not npg BTW) like to say things like, "but Dave, while all the business apps are lousy individually, together they are fantastic and beat anything out there." OK, I was never great at math, but a bunch of "C-" apps do not add up to an "A+" smart phone.
I want my google phone number and it should not take the FCC to get involved to get it for me on my iPhone. I really hope Android takes off in a huge way. We need an open source alternative in the mega-proprietary Apple iPhone world....
Saturday, September 19, 2009
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