As Al Sutton said, there were reports that the IM systems were flaky. For T-Mobile and Google it was probably a matter of deciding whether the service was enough benefit to enough users (possibly in terms of users choosing whether or not to buy the phone based on the IM protocols it supports) to warrant having to deal with the support requests it will generate. They can't easily pull it from the US version, partly as that would cause support requests itself, but they can easily omit it from the UK version to reduce expected volume of support requests.
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 8:37 AM, Muthu Ramadoss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hmm.. crazy. Then why UK left out of all these Goodies? > > On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 8:19 PM, Kipling Inscore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> The US G1 has AIM, Yahoo Messenger, Windows Live Messenger and Google >> Talk. >> >> On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 1:07 AM, Al Sutton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > They aren't there, but from the screen shot at >> > http://www.engadget.com/photos/t-mobile-g1-first-hands-on-2/1051525/ I >> > didn't think they were in the US release version either. >> > >> > Oh, and Amazon MP3 isn't on the UK G1 either, probably due to Amazon UK >> > not offering the service. >> > >> > Al. >> > >> > LonPete67 wrote: >> >> Maybe I'm being very dim, but I thought I would be able to use my >> >> Yahoo and Windows messneger accounts out of the box on my UK version >> >> G1. The only option I can see is Google Talk. Have I missed >> >> something or have T-Mobile UK locked us out? >> >> >> >> Pete >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Al Sutton >> > >> > W: www.alsutton.com >> > B: alsutton.wordpress.com >> > T: twitter.com/alsutton >> > >> > >> > > >> > >> >> > > > > -- > take care, > Muthu Ramadoss. > > http://mobeegal.in - mobile search. redefined. +91 98403 48914 > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
