> The theory goes that in most countries, people fled traditional text messaging faster than in the U.S., due to more onerous per-message fees–and Apple was jus

> The theory goes that in most countries, people fled traditional text messaging faster than in the U.S., due to more onerous per-message fees–and Apple was just too late to the party. Whose theory? Feels bogus: Here (and in most of Europe AFAIK), SMS has been free-unlimited since Idunnowhen, and hundreds included back when there were still limits shortly after the turn of the century. Pretty much all the whining about limits I can recall has been from Americans. And that's not to mention the Gruber article they link to as "proof" of the iPhone's general superiority... Say what you want about that "fireball", but for a supposedly independent and critical Apple observer, he doesn't feel all that "daring"... That was the most revoltingly gushing piece of Appleologia I've seen in a long while.