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December 27, 2009

Things that suck about Skype

I like Skype. There are instances where it doesn't work for certain people (Akshay for some reason can't send messages), but I've had no trouble using it. But here are some things that just could be made better which would kick ass if implemented. The major point is they are not major changes!
  1. Ability to receive SMS messages. Come on! I want to send messages and receive them. You can even start doing it country by country! In this day and age we need both damn it.
  2. Number portability. It would be nice if you wanted to just transfer your existing number over to Skype and use it. (I want to transfer my parents business number to Skype and use the subscription plan)
  3. Multi-party video would be cool.
  4. Cheaper calls. I understand that Skype gets their revenue from these calls, but come on $0.10 cents to India (It costs $0.03 on Callcentric)? It's cheaper to write a Skype extension to route a call.
  5. Conference call with Skype and PTSN numbers.
Okay. My major beef with Skype is I view them as a telephone provider. But you know what they are! If they can get through the extra yard in those areas they might actually make unified communication possible.

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July 31, 2009

iPhone Quitters and Closed Networks

Michael Arrington of TechCrunch fame "reported" that he is quitting the iPhone. I agree with some of his points, the debicle of pulling applications that developers worked hard to create has been extraordinarily bad. The iPhone is a great device, however, it is a walled garden where you have to play by Apple's rules or otherwise not play at all. However, pulling apps for an arbitrary reasons is not a way to gain developer clout. Right now people love the iPhone due to the many amazing applications you find on it even with the many limitations that have only recently been addressed. If Apple wants to keep that good will they have to be nice to the developers otherwise they will simply move to other platforms.

Frankly, Google is doing great with the Android even if there are not many devices to run the actual operating system yet. But with Motorola, HTC, Dell, Asus, etc backing the operating system it is going to be a force to be reconed with once the devices come out. It has also made it such that it has opened up the whole device to modification where even the dialer can be modified. That can't be said of the iPhone at all. Apple seems to be reversing the Mac vs Windows war of the 80s. Will Apple ever learn? I love my Mac and I love my iPhone, but that doesn't mean I will not switch when it is time to replace my hardware and right now whenever I change my phone in the distant future I don't think it will be an iPhone.

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