RE: IOS 9 and big brotherly attitude of Apple

2015-09-24 Thread Chris Smart
: Re: IOS 9 and big brotherly attitude of Apple   Ummm... Apples and Oranges.  BARD was created by the U.S. government for U.S. citizens.  If those in Canada what something similar, they should talk to CNIB or other Canadian government agencies.    Now back to talking about Apple and its products

Re: IOS 9 and big brotherly attitude of Apple

2015-09-22 Thread Chris Smart
Try to be patient. It's not available in most countries yet. At 02:51 AM 9/19/2015, you wrote: Dear friends,   On 16th of Sept. IOS 9 got launched and one of the biggest features that was being touted was the News app.  I am sad to report that this app (which should not cost anything extra to

Re: IOS 9 and big brotherly attitude of Apple

2015-09-20 Thread David Justice
Ummm... Apples and Oranges. BARD was created by the U.S. government for U.S. citizens. If those in Canada what something similar, they should talk to CNIB or other Canadian government agencies. Now back to talking about Apple and its products (Smile). David Justice :) > On Sep 20,

Re: IOS 9 and big brotherly attitude of Apple

2015-09-20 Thread Aman Singer
tc.? > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Aman Singer > Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2015 4:05 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: IOS 9 and big brotherly attit

Re: IOS 9 and big brotherly attitude of Apple

2015-09-20 Thread Kerri G
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > David Justice > Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2015 7:45 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: IOS 9 and big brotherly attitude of Apple > > > Ummm... Apples and Oranges. BARD was creat

RE: IOS 9 and big brotherly attitude of Apple

2015-09-20 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Justice Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2015 7:45 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: IOS 9 and big brotherly attitude of Apple Ummm... Apples and Oranges. BARD was created by the U.S. government for U.S. citizens. If those in Canada what

Re: IOS 9 and big brotherly attitude of Apple

2015-09-20 Thread Kerri G
AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: IOS 9 and big brotherly attitude of Apple > > And here in Mexico as well as in Latin America? when will the News app be > available? > > El 19/09/2015 01:51 a.m., Ketan Kothari escribió: >> Dear friends, >> >>

RE: IOS 9 and big brotherly attitude of Apple

2015-09-19 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Singer Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2015 4:05 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: IOS 9 and big brotherly attitude of Apple Hi, I think the News app is more or less an RSS reader with Apple spying built in. It's quite a nice and accessible reader, I like it, but I don't see anything that can't

Re: IOS 9 and big brotherly attitude of Apple

2015-09-19 Thread Kerri G
Also, it’ not just apple, we Canadians *always get things last, have yo forgotten we do not have BARD? oh well, I’m staying with apple et al until something comes along where Canadians can be on an equal playing field. It is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

Re: IOS 9 and big brotherly attitude of Apple

2015-09-19 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
The way I see things, countries like Canada and even India are lower on the totem pole compared to the US. We didn't have iTunes Radio until Apple Music, we still don't have Apple Pay which is one of the reasons why I'm not jumping for joy about the iPhone 6 series, and now we don't get Apple

RE: IOS 9 and big brotherly attitude of Apple

2015-09-19 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Ketan, You are not alone, the News app isn’t even available in Canada and we are right next door to The mighty United States of Apple. Furthermore, Apple for some reason which of course can’t have anything at all to do with money, decided that Canadian carriers should charge their

Re: IOS 9 and big brotherly attitude of Apple

2015-09-19 Thread Kelly Pierce
The benefits of the news app can be obtained through an RSS app like Lire. iTunes Radio had an algorithm inferior to that of Pandora. with Apple Music, the selection is inferior to that of Spotify. Apple Music is available in 100 countries though. Kelly On 9/19/15, Shawn Krasniuk

Re: IOS 9 and big brotherly attitude of Apple

2015-09-19 Thread Aman Singer
Hi, I think the News app is more or less an RSS reader with Apple spying built in. It's quite a nice and accessible reader, I like it, but I don't see anything that can't be gotten elsewhere fairly comfortably. Note that it might be more worth-while for us because it is very accessible both with

Re: IOS 9 and big brotherly attitude of Apple

2015-09-19 Thread 'carol.pearso...@googlemail.com' via VIPhone
: Saturday, September 19, 2015 8:04 AM Subject: RE: IOS 9 and big brotherly attitude of Apple Hi Ketan, You are not alone, the News app isn’t even available in Canada and we are right next door to The mighty United States of Apple. Furthermore, Apple for some reason which of course

Re: IOS 9 and big brotherly attitude of Apple

2015-09-19 Thread Gerardo Corripio
Here in Mexico, for instance, with the exchange rate being 17 Mexican Pesos in a US dollar, an IPhone 5S or above, ends up costing an astounding $1 Mexican! thus here in Mexico, either no choice but to switch to the competition like I did, or stick with older models like 4S etc. El

RE: IOS 9 and big brotherly attitude of Apple

2015-09-19 Thread Cris Ali
the service is available in some countries and in some languages and not in others. Regards, Cris From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Gerardo Corripio Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2015 10:29 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: IOS 9 and big

Re: IOS 9 and big brotherly attitude of Apple

2015-09-19 Thread Gerardo Corripio
And here in Mexico as well as in Latin America? when will the News app be available? El 19/09/2015 01:51 a.m., Ketan Kothari escribió: Dear friends, On 16th of Sept. IOS 9 got launched and one of the biggest features that was being touted was the News app. I am sad to report that this app