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I can tell you that until there are zero reports of these sorts of problems, there is absolutely no way I can even try this application out. I'm glad that peopl
by icey 18y ago
I can tell you that until there are zero reports of these sorts of problems, there is absolutely no way I can even try this application out. I'm glad that people are piling on about it, because I have a big fat phone book full of people that I only call after I can prepare for 30 minutes before hand, and the thought of even accidentally sending them a text like this gives me the chills.
Like, if I'm plumbing my contact list to try to get a one in a million favor type of contacts. It would be disastrous to spam these contacts with my phone number and an invitation to something stupid like Loopt. What a great way for me to tell these guys "hey, look at me! I'm some douche with an iPhone, here to spam you! Please, never let me call in a favor again!"
I already catch enough hell for using an iPhone instead of a Blackberry like most of corporate america and the military sector.
- KirinDave 18y agoThere is pretty much no chance of accidentally sending your contacts SMS so long as you don't go clicking willy-nilly. You have to explicitly click someone's name and odds are your colleagues aren't on a supported network anyways. So really, this is all FUD from the trailing edge of the mac world. And I know the kind of social pressure you're describing, I worked with LMCO for quite awhile, so I don't meant to sound dismissive of your concern. But really, Loopt, Whrrl and Zintin don't send SMSs to people without asking your first. And it sounds like you can safely pass on them anyways, because you're probably not in the target demographic for these products.
- jfornear 18y agoExample: I tried to invite a friend and it didn't even work. She was sitting right next to me.