Yes. That's what I'm saying.
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Yes. That's what I'm saying.
Mecha_Infantry
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But can we finally delete one-time used emails addresses? I made the mistake to send an email to my boyfriend at the wrong domain, and now it always suggests that one. ):
And merging the Apple ID with a phone number is only going to piss them off further. But it's the future, and i'm glad Apple's not shy of going down that path.
It can't be that bad, it just works with other iPhone users. You can't message an Android device for free. Although, with how many people that use iPhones, I wouldn't be surprise if carriers start making texting plans mandatory.
why exactly would it piss off the carriers if apple let you send sms messages via your phone number through ipad/mac? it would be using your phone number, so the carrier would detect each one and have the ability to use it against your phone bill as a text message... isn't it just adding more capability for the phone companies to charge you?
Kung Fu Jedi
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They don't charge you for iMessages now as they are sent as data, not SMS. This would be the same.
Apple announced at WWDC that it's already a billion messages a day.
i don't understand what that has to do with what i said though..
imessage is data that is completely unrelated to carriers unless the data is sent over the carrier network (in which case, you are charged by the carrier for data usage). if sms messages were sent as data via your phone number from ipads/macs, they would be sent over the internet to your carrier to process. why wouldn't carriers allow apple to do what other companies already do and send sms messages over the internet? if the sender is a registered phone number, they would be able to charge the specific person sending the message on their phone plan. the only person that would lose would be consumers as they would essentially be paying for the data usage (whether the ipad/mac is using their carrier plan data or not) and for the text message service.
AstroNut325
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Given that the average US person sends/receives 40 texts a day... that's about 25 million users using iMessage in any given day. That's a lot of people just 1 year after launch. If even only 20-30% of those canceled their text messaging plans... that's a significant chuck of change.
The_Inquisitor
Member
Thus why verizon went to unlimited calls and texts. The writing is on the wall. Eventually plans will be all data. Question is how will telco companies keep their profits in check.
AstroNut325
Member
Charging more for data. Simple.
Kung Fu Jedi
Member
Ah... gotcha. I see what you're saying. I guess it would be possible for this to happen as long as the carriers can get their cut. Maybe we'll see something like that happen. As I posted on the previous page, it isn't difficult to send SMS messages via IM clients, for free, right now.
The_Inquisitor
Member
But consumers aren't going to like that. I already don't like the share data plan. If you are a single user then the price for 1GB data on a smart phone is 90 dollars before tax. I pay 80 dollars total from at&t w/ my employee discount for 2gb.
AstroNut325
Member
Like you have a choice. Every wireless telco is going to data-only infrastructure. They only way they can maintain and expand their profits is to get creative with restrictions and/or charge more.
Seriously... in the long term... where will you go? Sprint? They can't keep unlimited forever. T-Mobile? Already rocking caps. Pre-paid? Lose premier network infrastructure.
This can be changed in the settings, no?
Kung Fu Jedi
Member
My plan with AT&T doesn't.
They're all now properly centered, where previously it was only Mon. Also, the color gradient status bar seems to make more sense now. It matches whatever color the app menu bar is using;
via iDownloadBlog
via iDownloadBlog
sorry if already posted
Good Job Bob
Member
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It's ugly.
It's ugly.
They're all now properly centered, where previously it was only Mon. Also, the color gradient status bar seems to make more sense now. It matches whatever color the app menu bar is using;
via iDownloadBlogsorry if already posted
why does everyone hate this? i think it's awesome.
I don't mind it, but it's slightly confusing if you're used to blue being tethering. Also, safari's is black despite the blue title bar
does tethering still turn it blue in ios 6?
Yep, but I guess the double wide status bar (which I hate) is enough if you're in portrait.
The title bar colouring seems wildly inconsistent even with Apple's own apps...
Good Job Bob
Member
I lol'd:
Victory Red
Member
As long as you can put it in DFU mode you are fine. iTunes will bring you back.
wicked. i may test out ios 6 on my phone then.
Victory Red
Member
The only thing I would warn is that it tends to be a pain in the ass to repeat the process every few weeks as they keep releasing new versions to developers.
Oh this answered my question, it shouldn't be too bad.
Mecha_Infantry
Banned
I'll check for you now!
This is how it should have been since version 1. And if it had been, and they were switching it to grey, everyone would hate the grey one.
Treefingers
Member
I'd be fine with just black
Kerning between the numbers. It's finally fixed
Backfoggen
Banned
Why is there still no weather app for the new iPad? I can ask Siri about the weather and get all the data but they still won't just give us the dang app!
Victory Red
Member
Default weather app sucks anyways on iPhone. TWC is the standard.
I lol'd:
Lol. There are some people rallying around Marco, but personally, I'm deleting Instapaper. There's nothing I need from his service at this point.
If you live in a mixed ecosystem, I could see how it's still useful.
I wish I could put the weather widget from iPhone in the iPad notification centre. Just seems weird that I can't.