Android Fanboy ? I got more Apple kit than Android. Intawebz is funny sometimes.
Change your DNS to 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4, and you will have Google. (Unless of course, your ISP is filtering your DNS traffic, then there are larger issues at play).
Do you want branded apps imbedded in firmware that is specific to a carrier? Do you want to be held hostage by the carrier as to whether your year old iPhone will get an update to the latest iOS release?
If you really want to be someone's ***** and pay through the nose for it, get an Android instead. They have those carrier logos that you like so much as well as the carrier branded crapware that you cannot remove as well has only receiving updates if the carrier allows it.
How about you grow a pair instead and realize that if it was not for Apple standing up to the carrier, we would still all be using locked down carrier specific phone that connected only to carrier run "stores".
I remember how the phones were before the iPhone. I had a Rogers phone where I could only have ringtones purchased from the Rogers store and games from the Rogers store and songs from the Rogers store.
They charged something like 3-4 bucks for a ringtone on top of data charges.
PS. If you really want to wear advertising then I suggest getting into NASCAR as a driver because at least then you are paid to wear it.
So many clueless and thoughtless iDefenders whose left hands don't know what their right hands are doing.
Steve Jobs couldn't save Apple even after he was re-hired to run the ship. Microsoft did.
Crucial numbers not given in this MR article: what percentage of the Japanese smartphone market is with this certain carrier? If it's just barely the biggest, who cares? If it's larger than all the others combined, it matters.
So many clueless and thoughtless iDefenders whose left hands don't know what their right hands are doing.
Steve Jobs couldn't save Apple even after he was re-hired to run the ship. Microsoft did.
Yep, you should tell Comcast et al. how to run their services. They own the pipes, they don't own the content. Except the cable/telcos saw what happened to cellular and wanted none of the "dumb pipe" bullcrap.
The longevity of your product means nothing. Look at Nokia.
Do some independent thinking on your own instead of having someone else do that work for you, kid.
And why do you care?
I don't give a damn if Apple goes out of business tomorrow. The world can and will move on without Cupertino. Get a hint.
And how will that matter? Oh yeah, it's bad for iOS because 1) you are not allowed to jailbreak your iDevices as you'll void warranties and lose all product support, and 2) you are not allowed to replace core Apple system apps with third-party apps.
I'd like to see the unthinkable happen so I can start reading every iBrainwashedFanboy whine how the world is being so unfair to Apple. The world is unfair. We don't necessarily play by Apple's rules. Deal with it.
But iOS is a walled garden. It was conceived that way, it will stay that way. It has many objectives, but most importantly it insures there is a more unified user experience to the basic OS functionality. Therefore, no, carriers are not allowed to cram crapware onto iPhones.
However, if carriers to want to do this they can modify Android phones all day long. This "solution," however, doesn't see to be helping DoCoMo too much as all those defecting customers seem to prefer the iPhone.
Change your DNS to 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4, and you will have Google. (Unless of course, your ISP is filtering your DNS traffic, then there are larger issues at play).
Steve Jobs couldn't save Apple even after he was re-hired to run the ship. Microsoft did.
You have that right. Was told that, Jobs throwing Verizon out of Cupertino a month before the iPhone launch stunned those on both sides trying to work a deal.
Then again, Steve is an egomaniac, not particularly well-liked by its employees. A common refrain back then: don't cross him, or you're fired.
It's bad because updates could no longer be guaranteed. Carriers would need to approve their own firmwares.
DNS shouldn't redirect to a search page at all; it should return the correct error code and let your browser sort out what to do next.
Just did a quick post history and rabid Android fanboy comes to mind. Yep. I called it.
They're still number one in Japan
So many iFanboys rally in defense of Apple, it's pathetic. Like flocks of sheep being led to a slaughterhouse.![]()
Kinda hoping the same for NTT DoCoMo, showing that Apple cannot dictate every carrier they want![]()
Pssh. Until you can make Google's Maps app the default maps & navigation app for iOS instead of Apple's own Maps app, without jailbreaking, cry me a river.It's bad because updates could no longer be guaranteed. Carriers would need to approve their own firmwares.
Microsoft never sued Apple while the latter tried to sue the pants off every Android smartphone OEM.This is the single most ignorant and uninformed thing I have read on these forums in years. You sir have no clue about the resurgence of Apple. Not one clue.
Pssh. Until you can make Google's Maps app the default maps & navigation app for iOS instead of Apple's own Maps app, without jailbreaking, cry me a river.
Yep, you'll never buy your smartphones unlocked at full price, you prefer to imprison yourself into recurring 2-/3-year contracts so you can get the latest and greatest for only $200 down. Then you complain about carrier bloatware on your subsidized phone, all the while saying how Apple is a saint in a mad, mad world.You using your morbid Carrier defense because it's an Apple Story really shows you are neck deep in pot-kettle-black territory! I guess you are such a Freetoid person that you will defend ANYTHING Apple even if that means more preloaded Carrier junk installed that one can't easily remove.
I have actually seen my young nephews dump Android for that simple reason. They don't want to "root" a phone to get rid of stuff, they are to busy playing sports and chasing girls.
When iOS 6 was released to the public, it replaced Apple's implementation of Google Maps with its own, far inferior abomination, the only new feature being "3D Flyover" views. That would have been a great time to make Gmaps the system default for maps & navigation instead of Apple's iMaps.What the **** does your choice of mapping apps have to do with the fact that carriers would be in complete control over when and even if your phone ever receives the latest OS for it?
When iOS 6 was released to the public, it replaced Apple's implementation of Google Maps with its own, far inferior abomination, the only new feature being "3D Flyover" views. That would have been a great time to make Gmaps the system default for maps & navigation instead of Apple's iMaps.
Oh wait, you cannot do that in iOS without jailbreaking.
You still cannot do that with iOS 7.
Cry me a river.
Microsoft never sued Apple while the latter tried to sue the pants off every Android smartphone OEM.
The reason?
Microsoft's patent cross-licensing deal with Apple in the late 90's as part of the plan to save the company.
Steve Jobs saved Apple? Oh please.![]()
Steve Jobs saved Apple? Oh please.![]()
When iOS 6 was released to the public, it replaced Apple's implementation of Google Maps with its own, far inferior abomination, the only new feature being "3D Flyover" views. That would have been a great time to make Gmaps the system default for maps & navigation instead of Apple's iMaps.
Oh wait, you cannot do that in iOS without jailbreaking.
You still cannot do that with iOS 7.
Cry me a river.
As a software developer, I'd propose shooting anyone creating a DNS server that redirects to a search page instead of reporting an error code. I have colleagues who prefer cooking the slowly in hot oil.
I don't give a damn if Apple goes out of business tomorrow. The world can and will move on without Cupertino. Get a hint.
Ummm No, they are NOT - Do you live in Japan ? Havent you been reading the news or watching TV ??? Damn check your facts !
Here is a recent example in English for you....
http://www.telecompaper.com/news/japanese-mobile-carriers-add-616900-new-subs-in-may--948283
Softbank has been ranked as the Number one mobile company for a while beating out docomo and KDDI.
They are NOT number one in Japan at all.
Funny thing is when I ask most of my students (yes, Ive been teaching English here in Japan for a long long time) about what type of smartphone they have, they usually answer with either "an iphone" or "docomo". Everyone knows what an iphone is and who makes it but from my experience, People of all ages are surprised when I tell them that Docomo is the carrier not the phone maker. Samsung or Toshiba or Sharp is....
Ummm No, they are NOT - Do you live in Japan ? Havent you been reading the news or watching TV ??? Damn check your facts !
Here is a recent example in English for you....
http://www.telecompaper.com/news/japanese-mobile-carriers-add-616900-new-subs-in-may--948283
Softbank has been ranked as the Number one mobile company for a while beating out docomo and KDDI.
They are NOT number one in Japan at all.
Funny thing is when I ask most of my students (yes, Ive been teaching English here in Japan for a long long time) about what type of smartphone they have, they usually answer with either "an iphone" or "docomo". Everyone knows what an iphone is and who makes it but from my experience, People of all ages are surprised when I tell them that Docomo is the carrier not the phone maker. Samsung or Toshiba or Sharp is....
Seriously, if you have lived in Japan and experienced NTT and DoCoMo you would understand that when it comes to telling partners and customers how it is going to be NTT is on a whole other playing field than Apple. Imagine the FCC, AT&T, Microsoft and the NFL all rolled up into one.