Randy Stephenson just does not get it. He wants to move into more lucrative pastures than supplying bandwidth. But supplying bandwidth is about all he does well. I have ATT uverse and ATT wireless. Uverse is a nice product. ATT Wireless meh... it works. ATT is trying to inject itself at a higher level than just a being carrier. He has made the case that apps should be universal. So you buy Angry birds on your iPhone and then upgrade to Android, you should be able to get the same app on that Android. (Really he wants to make his ATT bloatware universally available.)
On my new cell I get preloaded apps like the ATT Music Store. Kind of cool concept. And it would get billed through my ATT bill which is fairly convenient. However, if you read the EULA you find that downloading songs will only occur over 3G even though wireless lan signal is available. huh? When I read this, I instantly determined that I would not be using the ATT music store, and any other upsell service from ATT. Uverse movies will not be at our house either. Netflix rocks!
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/02/att-ceo-bloatware/
I'm close to rooting my cell so I can get rid of the ATT crapware.
Not that I like Steve Jobs much better. His insistence on creating great hardware with a proprietary cable blows me away. I refuse to pay big bucks for that awesome hardware because I have to pay $30 for a charger to charge it. For my android phone I can purchase 2 batteries, an external charger and a USB cord for the same amount. And that iTunes app? Why do I have to have an app to drag tunes to my phone. Why can't I just usb connect and drop'em in?
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB352LL/B?fnode=MTY1NDA0MQ&mco=MTA4Mzg5MDE
Steve... Android is going to eat your lunch. It's open, its good, and it's everywhere.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
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