iPhone no longer 'America's Sweetheart' People are Pissed!

clipped from moconews.net Apple’s iPhone has been able to do no wrong. For two years, it monopolized the industry and has been upheld as the best smartphone out there. Consumers, developers and technology bloggers were enamored. But in an almost indescribably turn of events this week, the tides shifted and the platform’s problems—that have always been there—started eating away at its super smooth touchscreen exterior. It seems that in more numbers than ever, consumers are speaking out against AT&T’s network problems and developers are complaining about Apple’s and AT&T’s inconsistent policies on which applications get approval. That in turn, created more unhappy customers. If indeed the iPhone begins to fade over the next few months, we can trace it back to this week and one event alone. Who knew there would be one catalyst, and the tipping point was going to be the rejection of Google’s Voice application? people got mad. Really, really mad. TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington wrote today that he’s quitting the iPhone And then Steve Jobs awoke, it had all been a horrible dream...