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Apple Kills Google Voice Apps On the iPhone
molnarcs writes "Apple pulls Google Voice-enabled applications from its App Store, citing duplication of functionality. The move affects both Google's official Google Voice and third party apps like Voice Central. Sean Kovacs, main developer of GV Mobile, says that he had personal approval for his app from Phil Shiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, last April. TechCrunch's Jason Kincaid suspects AT&T behind the move."
Sorry, I think you forgot a "" in there somewhere ;)
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It's not quite so cut-and-dry. You forgot to mention the CPU, which in the Touch HD is a relatively weak Arm 11 at 528mHz rather than the significantly faster 600mHz Arm-based Cortex A8 used in the 3Gs. The Touch HD's OS is WinMo 6.1, which is not anywhere close to being as optimal as iPhone OS, not in the same league really. The Touch HD only records video at a miserable 320x240 resolution, with complaints of poor framerates, compared to the 3Gs's 640x480 video capturing with smooth framerate. The battery life of the Touch HD is about 1/3 less than the 3Gs in actual tests, so you'll surely be needing those extra batteries (granted that is a nice option to have, even if it's an edge case). The 3Gs comes with a 16GB minimum of space, up to 32GB for an extra $100. Also, both the Touch HD and the 3Gs have the 3.5mm stereo headphone jack. I won't mention the 65,000+ applications available for the 3Gs (oh wait, I just did).
I'm sure you're very happy with your Touch HD, but your comparison is a bit misleading. Handset vendors have been using bullet-point feature list comparisons for years to sell their wares, but they hardly ever give any appreciation for the difference in value between the two offerings. It's easy to look good on paper.
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You're saying that software is unimportant? Thanks for making my point about worthless feature lists for me.
"I like systems, their application excepted", George Sand (French)