Hi all, Below message might e interest for some of you.
Regards Joanne (AU) From: Greg Kearney Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2013 08:44:18 +0800 Subject: Sendero's i-phone gps app I downloaded this app by tricking my phone into thinking it was in the U.S. and that I could buy things from the U.S. app store. I have serious issues with the way this app is being marketed which I feel is deceptive and amounts to a bait and switch. These concerns have nothing to do with the fact that the app does not support navigation outside of North America, which is why it is at the moment only offered in the U.S. app store. My issue come from the fact that the app is promoted as a free download, which in fact it is. What the developer fail to tell you is that while you can download the app for free the app will be useless to you unless you buy the subscription for $70 a year. So, in fact, the app is not free at all and unlike other GPS solutions the app will cost you money each year to keep it running. Should the company go out of business the app becomes worthless. Also you are going to be at the mercy of the company as far as pricing goes. Once you have this app you will need to continue to pay each year for the ability to use it. While other apps do use the idea of in app buy in those app do as a rule offer some, all be it limited, functions in the free version. This is not the case here. The other issue that the app is completely dependent on data from the internet and so unlike many GSP applications will require that you have a data connection on your phone at all times. If you attempt to use this app outside of areas with data service the app will simply stop working. This would pose a real issue in regional, rural and outback Australia where data and sometimes even phone coverage is not available. Not only will you be paying the $70 a year but you will be using up your phone data demands as well. Given these fact I think that we would do well to remember the maxim: caveat emptor, let the buyer beware. Gregory Kearney | Manager Accessible Media Association for the Blind of WA - Guide Dogs WA Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. Article 19 of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights *** -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. 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/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
