i didn't know they had iTunes back in 1978 -- that must have been one giant iPod back in those days
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i didn't know they had iTunes back in 1978 -- that must have been one giant iPod back in those days
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v._Apple_Computer
i didn't know they had iTunes back in 1978 -- that must have been one giant iPod back in those days
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v._Apple_Computer
If you actually read it you'd see that most of it is related to Apple doing stuff related to music.
And the first trademark dispute was filed by Apple Corps, which is a multimedia corporation, that also owns Apple Records. Multimedia and computers "just kinda" cross paths, so it makes sense that there is an infringement there.
After that dispute they agreed that Apple Computer would stay out of the music business and Apple Records would stay out of the computer business. All the following disputes were about Apple Computer doing stuff related to music.
but you can relate anything to anything these days. in the url PBF posted, a golf clubs making company was suing Disney. they are nowhere near related, right? people can sue for any reason... lawyers are a hungry bunch.
works for me.. but iTunes been buggy last couple of days for me in other places, so maybe its related to some new server code push from apple.. who knows.
I still like WhatsApp much better. Ping irritates me sometimes. When you tilt the screen to go landscape, it's all screwed up. Plus, the text box jitters when you type in it.
sorry -- tell-a-friend via SMS is not working right now. it will be fixed in the upcoming version. also we pulled blackberry version from our OTA site because i was getting 20 emails a day asking when chat for blackberry will be ready
Ahhh, this explains it. Everyone in my office uses a BlackBerry except me. So, I was trying like crazy to download this on their devices yesterday but couldn't find it anywhere. Wish your website said it was no longer available for BB.
I know chat would not work but I wanted to check out the BB interface. Looking forward to a future version when cross-chat will work. Hope it's soon so I can load this back up on my iPhone!
was it a dropped message all together or just that it didn't get pushed? if its the latter, take a look at http://www.whatsapp.com/faq/#34
yes, this can happen if you are connected on Wi-Fi, but start walking away past the Wi-Fi range and continue sending messages. this is because iPhone OS will take our message (tcp packet) and simply send it off to the server without without realizing Wi-Fi connection/reception is not strong enough.
in the future version we will have a delivery confirmation (ala-BBM) which will pretty much solve the issue of these edge cases when packets don't get delivered.
there are two possible explanations:
1. we "throttle" push notifications as to not annoy the recipient: http://www.whatsapp.com/faq/#34
2. the way push notifications work, is your phone establishes and maintains a data connection to apple push servers. if you enter a building or a subway where your phone is not able to keep connection open to apple, it will try to re-connect when coverage is available and will ask apple for any missed push notifications.
doubt it. it is not that it is hard to develop, it is just that anything which has to do with GPS usually freaks people out in terms of privacy issues.
If this was free I would certainly use it. I understand you want to charge, and I'm OK with paying, but not until it has all the features I want. When you're in development, free is the right way to go so you can generate a userbase and receive valuable feedback on what to include in the app. But at the same time, I sympathize with your need to cover costs.
The single most important thing I can think of to tell you that this app needs, is the Delivered, Received, and Read status that the BBM app has. That dwarfs the need for anything like GPS location, emoticons, picture messaging, or anything else. Once you master that, you will get those who love BBM to flock.
The single most important thing I can think of to tell you that this app needs, is the Delivered, Received, and Read status that the BBM app has. That dwarfs the need for anything like GPS location, emoticons, picture messaging, or anything else. Once you master that, you will get those who love BBM to flock.