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Re:Apple will not allow Verizon to preload software on iPhone by jrockway on Wednesday January 12, 2011 @06:06AM (#2095724)
Having three different IM clients on a phone pre-installed and unremovable? Yeah, that's the kind of shit Apple doesn't do.

Because Apple wants you to use SMS instead of IM, making the carriers a boatload of money for no reason.

That is exactly the kind of shit Apple does.

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Re:Apple will not allow Verizon to preload software on iPhone by rahoulb on Wednesday January 12, 2011 @07:18AM (#2095889)
It's not Apple that wants you to use SMS - it's EVERYONE.

I bought my first mobile over twelve years ago because of SMS, not voice, as it replaced the pagers that me and my friends had.

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Re:Apple will not allow Verizon to preload software on iPhone by whatusername on Wednesday January 12, 2011 @08:22PM (#2098406)
God no it's not.

Apple's SMS implementation/interface is terrible. Group Messaging is just broken.

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