NOCMan
Verizon Fios User
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join:2004-09-30
Flower Mound, TX
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Re: Probably...
The only thing the iPhone brings that's new is the touch screen, better browser, and we'll that's about it really.
App Store = Qualcomm Brew
SMS = MMS and SMS have been around for awhile iphone does not support MMS.
GPS = Verizon has VzNavigator, Sprint has something as well or Nextel did at least.
Bluetooth = Been around, and does Apple even support stereo headsets? That's my biggest gripe with my iPod Touch no bluetooth for headphones.
Business features that blackberry had for quite some time. Though Blackberry seems to have outages every other week. I'll give Apple the nod that it's definately easier reading a file on a iPhone vs a Blackberry. |
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cbrigante2
Cubs 20??
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join:2002-11-22
North Aurora, IL | Visual voice mail? |
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EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA | Who holds the patents to visual voicemail? Not Apple...
Though they do get points for implementing it, and pushing other carriers to do so as well. (Now when will VZW VVM make its way to anything other than the LG Voyager?) |
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cbrigante2
Cubs 20??
Premium
join:2002-11-22
North Aurora, IL
| said by EPS  :Who holds the patents to visual voicemail? Not Apple... Though they do get points for implementing it, and pushing other carriers to do so as well. (Now when will VZW VVM make its way to anything other than the LG Voyager?) Exactly. If it wasn't for a product with the buzz about it like iPhone, I doubt the carriers would ever change a thing for lack of incentives. |
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huntml
join:2002-01-23
Mullica Hill, NJ | reply to NOCMan
Sprint resells Telenav as Sprint Navigation. |
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rdass
@comcast.net | reply to NOCMan
Thats "all" they brought was the new touch screen and better browser. Yeah, thats "all", just new tech that has revolutionized the mobile phone industry and they have patented by the way. Yeah thats all. lol |
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EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA
| The browser is based off of WebKit, which is open source and publicly available... Mobile Opera's not bad either.
As for Multitouch Patents? I've seen it claimed as well. However, I wonder about that- Microsoft has a commercial multitouch implementation, and Nintendo patented plans for a multitouch DS system (cut due to costs) way back in 2004. So I wonder if Apple's patents are specific enough that competitors can't do anything about it. (After all, RIMM owns patents on BlackBerry's keyboard, but that hasn't stopped Palm and others) |
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