http://pro.gigaom.com/2009/08/surveying-the-mobile-app-store-landscape/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:24:38 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://pro.gigaom.com/2009/08/surveying-the-mobile-app-store-landscape/comment-page-1/#comment-405 Colin Gibbs Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:41:27 +0000 http://pro.gigaom.com/?p=11286#comment-405 The Apple/Google Voice flap occurred after I had written the entry on the iPhone, so yeah, it probably didn't get the attention in the report that it merits, texasyellowdog. And you're right: blocking truly useful apps will increasingly infuriate both users and developers who will soon have plenty of other app stores and platforms to patronize. The Apple/Google Voice flap occurred after I had written the entry on the iPhone, so yeah, it probably didn’t get the attention in the report that it merits, texasyellowdog. And you’re right: blocking truly useful apps will increasingly infuriate both users and developers who will soon have plenty of other app stores and platforms to patronize.

]]> http://pro.gigaom.com/2009/08/surveying-the-mobile-app-store-landscape/comment-page-1/#comment-392 texasyellowdog Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:40:14 +0000 http://pro.gigaom.com/?p=11286#comment-392 I haven't been able to get Google Voice yet, but when I do, I WILL have a phone with with the GV application. The report barely admits that Apple is blocking truly useful applications along with the naughty ones. I'm also a Rhapsody subscriber waiting on the iPhone before I cancel. Rhapsody really doesn't work in any OS X browser. The iPhone remains the best platform, and it is a shame that corporate greed, not lack of engineering imagination fails it. Perhaps an Android phone and an iPod Touch will be the only full solution. I haven’t been able to get Google Voice yet, but when I do, I WILL have a phone with with the GV application. The report barely admits that Apple is blocking truly useful applications along with the naughty ones. I’m also a Rhapsody subscriber waiting on the iPhone before I cancel. Rhapsody really doesn’t work in any OS X browser. The iPhone remains the best platform, and it is a shame that corporate greed, not lack of engineering imagination fails it. Perhaps an Android phone and an iPod Touch will be the only full solution.

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