Tuesday, July 20, 2010

The move has not been made yet. It is possible that something may rise its head and make me reconsider. But, I'm fairly sure my wife and I are going to get rid of our Iphones and get Droid powered phones.

One may think it is about the network. AT&T has surely received a lot of attention on call quality since they got the Iphone. However, it has little to do with that. Here in the Tampa area, AT&T has been fine. Sure, it drops calls occasionally, but I've never had a cell phone company that didn't drop calls. To a degree, all cell phone companies suck. :)

My decision has more to do with Google integration and overall openness. Both of these points are strikes against the Iphone. The Apple Iphone has always been a controlled environment. I'm OK with that as long as the environment is very capable - and it is. But, I am NOT OK with that when that controlled environment is being controlled for no reason other than petty politics.

The competition between Apple and Google is pretty fierce, and Apple is run primarily at the beck and call of a man who, I believe, can be rather arrogant and emotional - Steve Jobs. Honestly, I can think of no other reason why Apple would simply not allow an app for Google Voice on the Iphone.

Simply put - I want full integration with

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