Users say goodbye as Apple and AT&T are blocking Google Voice App
Michael Arrington over at TechCrunch.com is saying goodbye to the iPhone. But not for the usual reasons:
“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 (and which drove my friend Om Malik to bail). 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.”
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I too had the opportunity to switch to an iPhone. My company offered to supply me with a 3GS, buy out my existing contract, unlimited voice and data, for $30 a month. I was salivating. But after much research, and some prior experience with Cinqular (AT&T’s predecessor in my area), I chose to upgrade to a Blackberry and stay with Verizon (and get a reimbursement from my company, not quite cost neutral, but close enough). My reasons:
1) Terrible coverage for AT&T where I live. I know that may not be the case nationally, but hey, I live where I live.
2) Reputation for dropped calls. Brings back such “fond” memories from the Cinqular days. That was the main reason we switched to Verizon in the 1st place.
Now that I find that Apple/AT&T are blocking Google Voice (which I am really starting to love, and the Blackberry Google Voice app rocks), I am even more convinced in my decision.
To paraphrase an oft used election mantra:
It’s the app, stupid!
Posted By: FudReporter on: July 31, 2009, 9:14 am |
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