Two hours after I berate Apple for being unable to do basic maintenance on OS X and their core apps (ex: generations of worthless and unchanging OS-tied iChat), they announce Mountain Lion.
That's pretty good customer response Apple.
There's no mention of iBook for OS X, but a very big part of Mountain Lion is available to download now (for Lion I presume):
That's pretty good customer response Apple.
There's no mention of iBook for OS X, but a very big part of Mountain Lion is available to download now (for Lion I presume):
Apple - Mac OS X - Download the free Messages Beta.
Download Messages Beta and get a taste of what’s coming in OS X Mountain Lion. When you install Messages, it replaces iChat...
... Send unlimited iMessages to any Mac, iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch.Remember telephone companies? The corporations who've been living on the vast profit margins of SMS messaging? Like AT&T, that just raised the cost of its standard data plan by 50%?
Launch a FaceTime video call and bring the conversation face-to-face...
This is what they're afraid of. iMessage is why my family no longer pays AT&T $30 a month for text messaging. The pool of people who can use iMessage is growing fast, and now Apple is moving their voice alternative (Skype, etc) a step further.
See also:
- Gordon's Notes: The fear that's driving AT&T's smartphone data plan policies 11/2011
- Gordon's Notes: iPhone micro: How SMS pricing is accelerating the smartphone transition 11/2011. SMS price gouging makes smartphones economical.
- Gordon's Tech: iMessage use on an AT&T iPhone without a SIM card (iPod Touch mode) 11/2011. Our discarded 3GS iPhones do iMessage via Wifi.
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