Hi, Pardon me for chiming in here but, I found the end of your message kinda amusing.
you wrote "Between scratching the itch of the telcos upon whose generosity their success is highly conditioned…” Not for nothing, that doesn’t make much sense. Especially when talking about the Samsung Galaxy lineup, and the iPhone. Telcos have their backs against the wall more than ever before when it comes to dealing with Hero handsets like those I mention. Do you recall how many people flocked to At&T in the U.S., and other carriers who had exclusive rights to sell the iPhone? If you recall, Verizon turned down Apple because they wanted to stick their logos all over the phone, and Apple refused. People leave carriers to get phones, no one dumps their phone just to switch carriers. So, in a nutshell, the situation is the exact opposite of what you wrote. Many carriers are looking for the generosity from Apple and Samsung to officially support their networks and include the bands that they operate on their radio chipsets. For example, ask T-mobile how they did when Apple finally supported their ban, and the phone was officially carried by T-mobile. *Shrug*. I have no issues with cynicism, I am actually a fan. but lets come back to earth a bit here. lol. And ill-gotten gains from the app store? lol. Ok. Have you noticed that most developers put apps out on the IOS platform before Android, Windows phone, and others? And, they usually spend the time and resources to create better apps on IOS? I don’t think FB, Twitter, etc would be doing that because they were losing on the investment. Just saying. Not trying to be snarky here, I just wanted to point out some things. I enjoy reading your posts, and I find you to be a wealth of knowledge on a diverse range of topics. Happy New Year. > On Jan 1, 2016, at 2:02 PM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu <listse...@me.com> wrote: > > Is it just a matter of activating the FM chip, though? I thought I remember > reading somewhere that part of the problem was getting an antenna that could > be shared among all the radio frequencies. Some phones were using the > headphone socket to provide the radio with an aerial, and that of course > makes for some unseemly requirements on listening. > > And let’s not forget that this is Apple. Between scratching the itch of the > telcos upon whose generosity their success is highly conditioned, the “User > experience” of listening to FM, and—oh, I don’t know—filling their own > pockets on the ill-gotten gains of app sales, is it really that much of a > wonder, even if they could get it working, that they’d be reluctant to do so? > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara > Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
