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Why can't iOS, Android and WebOS work on a common platform for this iMessage, BBM and
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Because apple enjoys being closed and proprietary. Sure they push some things out to open source but only when it serves their purpose.
There is little business justification (for them) to open this up and allow competitors the ability to use this stuff.
There is little business justification (for them) to open this up and allow competitors the ability to use this stuff.
I hear you. There is no revenue for iMessage for Apple. I would argue if they manage to get it on other platforms, it is good for the Apple brand
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There's just no reason for any of them to work together. You can't play cross-console multiplayer games, you can't watch a blu-ray on you HD-DVD player, and you certainly aren't going to be able to iMessage on gChat or BBM.
The beauty of iMessage is that there is virtually no setup. It autodetects if the other person is on an iOS 5 device & sends your message via iMessage instead of a text. The end user does nothing different, iOS does all the work.
Other platforms would have to rewrite their default texting app & if there was ever an update to iMessage, all the other platforms would have to update them. Basically, it would be a nightmare.
It's a nice competitive advantage Apple has over WP7, webOS & Android.
Other platforms would have to rewrite their default texting app & if there was ever an update to iMessage, all the other platforms would have to update them. Basically, it would be a nightmare.
It's a nice competitive advantage Apple has over WP7, webOS & Android.
That would be a different protocol. I was asking same protocol on different hardware
Yes. This is what I see is fantastic about iMessage. I have friends and relatives in different countries on iPhones and this will definitely reduce SMS costs as they normally have data connections. More so I do not need to install another app to achieve this.
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There is revenue for Apple. It's called people staying with the iPhone because they enjoy the software so much that they can't live without it.
It's called vendor lock in. Don't like it? Don't use it.
Apple has no reason to help other platforms succeed. Their job is to make their platform the best. That means why open something up for other manufacturers so that they don't get the sales?
Stupid thread.
Actually BBM is coming to iPhone. At first it was a rumour that it'd arrive in April but RIM DENIED THIS AND SAID IT'D BE AVAILABLE at a later date.
I'll believe it when I see it. But at this point I don't think it'll happen.
there is something common amongst all cell phone platforms, it's called text message.
Gtalk wouldn't work
It doesn't allow you to easily send videos and texts or other data when the user isn't online. It also doesn't have read and delivery receipts.
Plus, GTalk is a Google service, why would Apple use a Google product that isn't already entrenched (Maps for example) when they don't have to?
Clearly you don't understand that the OP doesn't want to have to pay for text messages.
But I agree with you. Never really understood the draw of BBM other than it was free.
Clearly you don't understand that the OP doesn't want to have to pay for text messages.
But I agree with you. Never really understood the draw of BBM other than it was free.
Being "free" is a huge benefit. Also, having delivery/read receipts are great.
I use KiK (which is like iMessage) and my friend sent me an important message while I was at the movies. I read the message quickly but didn't want to respond (because I didn't want to further annoy people in theater); he saw that I had read the message & knows I got it. Very useful in those situations.
It'll never happen, the shareholders would abandon ship as it's the thread RIM is hanging on by.
Source (of the lies!): Macrumors forum
