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honestly, after seeing some of the games for the iphone, i am ready to return my pre. The fact that i'm locked into a contract makes me more angry, and reinforces my belief that big companies can practice unethical or poor customer service because "they got you". What i would like to know is on who's end the holdup is - Palm or Bell, and my guess would be Bell. Really - the EA games both FREE and PAID are both geo-targetted to the US??? ok, take 10 years to collect my $6.00 (sorry $12.00CA cause nobody in big business seems to have gotten the memo that the Canada $$ has been almost on par with the US for virtually 6 years now.) and let us have access to the free version till we can buy the full version.
The US is practically the 11th province of Canada, yet we in the other 13 prov/territories only get to hear about what our phones could be doing if our for fathers had fought just a wee bit harder, and the Americans were still paying tribute to the queen. I don't get it, i don't give a damn about borders and flags, i want decent apps - and frankly, i don't give much of a hoot for reviews, cause as has been said before, most reviews are the bad ones from users that can't read or simply refuse to do so. It takes so little of my time to install an app, check it out for myself, and remove it if it's not what i want, that reading a review is just a waste of my time. The fact that the App catalogue uses reviews to weight the search results seems like really bad practice. It might be considered evasive to stat how many times the app is actually used, or collect other data, ie if the app is uninstalled. But using reviews to determine popularity would be like selecting the next president based on late night talk show's top 10.
I read about the postcard app and i can relate to how they are motivated by stupid people, if it's bottom line revenue, then well - go for it. But i just can wrap my mind around how Need for Speed or SIMS needs to be geo-targeted to the US?! If the service isn't going to be limited, then why add geo-tags? and to Palm, Bell and any other player - we bought into your market because we believed you offered something better than what the competition offered. Now, not only are the apps still not available, the phone is now 1/4 of the price i paid for it, so not only are we paying premium $$ to help development and marketing, were only getting treated with contempt for our trouble and investment. Well, discounted or not, i'll not be recommending the Pre to as many people as i have been - great phone, but alas, we have no plan to live in the US - and i'm sick of being punished for where i happened to be born. The excellent hardware and software is handicapped by flag waving, and it SUCKS! Some will continue to cry at your feet, but alas, the rest of us will vote with our wallets. If i could return my Pre tomorrow for an iPhone, i would, and for anyone reading this - forget hardware reviews - look for the apps and features you want, and use that as the basis for your next purchase.
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