Michael Arrington didn’t feel like joining my revolution (officially, at least) but he did decide he’d had enough, and claims that he’s paying a termination fee and dropping his iPhone. He’ll be using an Android handset instead from now on. TechCrunch has been the epicenter of griping about Apple’s handling of the App Store, and I don’t imagine that just because Arrington is leaving his iPhone behind that they’ll quit covering the issue over there.
So now we’re reporting on everyone’s experiences? Hey, cool. You know what? I’ve just about had it with my Windows Mobile device, maybe I’ll go for an iPhone as it can’t be any worse. Fair’s fair, you need both sides… so how about that story, please?
Joking aside though, why is it important that this one person has given up on the iPhone? Many people give up on one device or another, day in and day out, and with the increasing number of bloggers out there the whole internet could find out about it if they wanted. So why is this guy’s experience worthy of a link on osnews? If this is more of the “I hate Apple” campaign… thought you said you were going to keep it entertaining at least…
Just joking, got to have my fun sometimes.
I agree with you. After reading the article his problem is with…. a program not being offered on the iPhone. Fair enough, if that’s really important then by all means switch.
At the end of the article though he says that his next phone would be the Palm Pre which is the best phone out there NEXT TO THE iPHONE 3GS. But since the Pre doesn’t have Google Voice, it’s Android. So even in all of this he still thinks the iPhone is great.
I get a little weary of seeing these types of articles here on OSAlert when they are really not about the operating system at all. Leave these to Slashdot
OSAlert has always been reporting stuff happening around the IT industry, big events, political stuff and so on. It’s never been an Operating Systems-only news site. iPhone happens to be remarkable piece of hardware and a whole boatload of developers would love to develop for it. It’s the Apple’s handling of App Store that pisses them off along with the no-background-jobs-allowed. I know there’s a lot of developers who read OSAlert and as I do think these articles are rather important here.
So you think Google Voice is just a program out of 50,000 – don’t be ridiculous. They didn’t ban Google Voice only, they banned the whole jingle protocol, which is a significant reduction in the phone’s functionality for people who depend on it (it’s the cheapest solution for international calls). Not only that, but the decision was completely arbitrary, with no reasonable explanation, in fact Sean Kovacs, main developer of GV Mobile says that he had personal approval from Phillip Shiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing last April.
For a more detailed analysis of the problems with Apple read this:
http://dashes.com/anil/2009/07/apple-secrecy-does-not-scale.html
The focus of most criticism is not the exclusion of application X or Y, but the fact that Apple refuses to offer any clear and predictable guidelines for developers. They pulled the plug on GV Mobile after approval from the top management?? Well, Google will survive the shock, obviously, but the problem is that this is just one example (the first really high profile example, hence the reporting on OSAlert). Developers can expect that their products or businesses can be terminated by fiat at any time by Apple.
And lastly, if you’re really tired of this reporting – why read it? I mean, can’t you just ignore it? I don’t post in threads about the latest news about AROS (well, no one does it appears) or whatsitsname OS because I don’t care. I could go and rant about how nobody cares about those news (and get modded up apparently without contributing any useful content except that I DON’T LIKE THIS NEWS), but why would I?
I guess I’m still getting used to this “new” style. I enjoyed the days when I would come to OSAlert and read all the articles to learn about various things… including AROS (never knew about it before here).
Not I’ve been having to sift through articles seeing which ones are worth reading now or is this going to be informational or editorial/debate material.
I’m working on it…..
Michael Arrington isn’t just some guy…..
Right. He sensationalizes. That makes him someone.
Arrington rose to internet stardom with his Silicon Valley blog, TechCrunch. TechCrunch covers internet startups and news, and has been the origin of several startup news scoops and exclusives. However, their reporting has turned up many false positives.
And I don’t really give a care what Forbes magazine thinks about anyone. It’s a brotherhood, you get in, your butt gets wiped by every other member. Not that I am a conspiracy theorist or anything like that.
I thought there couldn’t exist a cult more powerful and more annoying than the Apple Cult but I was wrong! There are users that, despite app rejections, a phone-bricking update, lack of basic features present even in primitive smartphones, and crappy coverage and service quality from the carriers, have put up with that crappy excuse of a smartphone known as the iPhone just to be loyal to their Apple cult for more than two years now.
But in comes another cult that will shake Apple’s to its core. It’s the GOOGLE CULT. So Apple blocks an application from sacred, allmighty Google and now people want to bail out from the iPhone?!?!? I have news for you. Google is no less of an evil than Apple or Microsoft.
Now thanks to Apple’s blasphemy towards “sacred Google”, we have to put up with these idiotic blog posts on a site that used to be a helpful, informative resource about all operating systems. This is a sad time for OSAlert.
Edited 2009-07-31 22:04 UTC
Where does the Palm cult meet up at? I want to compare the members against the Android cult so I can figure out which to join.
Look, there’s Kool-Aid!
GV Mobile provided important functionality, especially for those of us living abroad. Not that I care anymore, I switched to HTC last year for I found the iPhone too limiting in other respects as well (been happy with my Touch HD ever since). The irony of your comment is that YOU inflated the issue to posit it as a battle between good and evil, but the tone of the article is far less cultist than your own rant
You know what is truly sad? Is is watching all these Apple apologists coming out of the wood in full swing to defend Apple no matter how stupid the statements or actions that said company throws around a lot these days.
I really hope that Apple feels the pressure of the bad PR currently running on the blogosphere enough to warrant some action from them.
I was planning to purchase a MacBook to replace my aging laptop real soon but I am not so sure about that anymore. I have enough headaches trying to sync my iPod Touch with Linux the way it is, that should have been a hint of what I should expect from their products and services…
You expect to be able to sync your iPod Touch with an OS that it does not support and never claimed to support? Now that’s sad.
Yeah, it is very sad to want to do what you want instead of what the Mighty Apple allows you to do with the stuff you bought with your money.
You are very sad too. Maybe further prayer at the Church of the Mighty Apple will cheer you up with some revelation or another new device that will dictate how you do things.
I can guarentee that your iPod will sync absolutely brilliantly with your new MacBook.
There are good sides and bad sides to tightly coupled products. The good stuff is around a much higher level of integration and consistency then you can get from a loosely coupled stack. The bad stuff is that if you try and mix bits that dont fit in with it, you are going to have a hard time.
http://www.osnews.com/thread?376258
Please don’t make OSAlert a rant site. I’ll just have to ignore anything from David Adams in the feed if this continues.
Seriously, this is getting a little silly.
Thom may agitate, but personal vendettas and making news out of one man’s personal choices seems unprofessional.
I understand OSAlert has reported on a variety of tech-related topics. Trying to set up P/R attacks on tech companies and sensationalizing one man’s opinion is unbalanced and not what I thought OSAlert was about.
I’ve been a part of OSAlert for at least 5 or 6 years now (tho’ I only registered in 2005).