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[kapolani]

Totally agree. Options are good, err... GREAT!

But the edge that Google will have over Apple is.... Google isn't looking to go into your pocket for everything. They dont have to. Phone companies and Apple pretty much have to.

So at the end of the day...a FREE App vs. Pay APP - I choose FREE.

Also, here is an analogy of where Google is taking this.

Lets say you buy the body of a car - no engine. THEN you choose every single option in it and most of them are free.

It will be a long time before phone companies give you that kind of freedom/options etc.

I already get free apps. Heh. The only way I'd ever pay for an app is if it is MUST have. Even then I probably wouldn't buy it.

That's what I love about the Jailbreak community.

 

[Avaj]

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2009/09/04/carroll.dropping.call.cnn

 

[kapolani]

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2009/09/04/carroll.dropping.call.cnn

That's going to happen when you sell a gazillion units.

It happens in places with a lot of people. Can't help that. The average iPhone user uses almost ten times more bandwidth than other phone users. The number might even be higher.

FWIW I never once had a dropped call. But, I live in a small city.

ATT is putting up towers all over the place. If Apple can break for ATT and sell the phone to other carriers the same thing will happen.

It's a testament to how useful the phone is.