Apple Re-Approving Google Voice Apps
Not Sure I Agree With This...
We know Google and Apple are competitors. Each having their own offerings to consumers. Both also having similar offerings but in different forms.
We know that Google users sometimes want an app that Apple may have and VisaVersa. This is what creates the competitive movement in choice. We also know the value of business and wanting to grab marketshare and can understand a certain logic in offering services to an abundance.
However, I'm not so sure I am in agreement with Google having pushed so hard to sharing their content of offerings with Apple. Google Voice in particular. Isn't this what distinguishes the two apart from one another? If you like what Apple offers, you purchase Apple. If you like what Android offers, you purchase And...
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We know that Google users sometimes want an app that Apple may have and VisaVersa. This is what creates the competitive movement in choice. We also know the value of business and wanting to grab marketshare and can understand a certain logic in offering services to an abundance.
However, I'm not so sure I am in agreement with Google having pushed so hard to sharing their content of offerings with Apple. Google Voice in particular. Isn't this what distinguishes the two apart from one another? If you like what Apple offers, you purchase Apple. If you like what Android offers, you purchase And...
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Google is an advertising company that uses a search engine, a mobile OS, a web browser and other elements to reach more people more often. They make them extremely useful so you want to use it, and they get tons of ad revenue.
Not getting their app...
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Not getting their app...
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Google doesn't make money off of Android in and of itself- they make money off of the ads they run. They make the same money off of those ads whether it is on iOS or Android, so Google's financial motives are the exact opposite of Apple's, whose goal ...
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Android and iOS are platforms.
GVoice is an app/service.
This would be no different than Apple making an iTunes app for Android users to download.
Or Microsoft making Office available for OSx. They'd rather you have it on Windows, obviously...
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GVoice is an app/service.
This would be no different than Apple making an iTunes app for Android users to download.
Or Microsoft making Office available for OSx. They'd rather you have it on Windows, obviously...
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Google wants you to use their products. Yes, android is preferable for them, but they understand that not everyone wants android. So they create the app for other platforms.
The thing is that it still is integrated the best on android though (jus...
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The thing is that it still is integrated the best on android though (jus...
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The change is with AT&T...
You know, it seems like ever since AT&T rolled out its finite data plans, there have been a lot more freedom in apps. I remember when you couldn't stream video over the network at all and when you could, it looked crappy (YouTube). Now, not only can you watch Netflix, but you can stream at pretty high quality on 3G. I'm sure there are more apps out there that I don't know about, but it seems like there is a bit more freedom since consumers will now have to pay for using that freedom too much...
It's just a call forewarding service, still using plan minutes.
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