Facebook Pushes Plot To Kill Your “Phone” App By Giving Messenger For Android VoIP In Canada | TechCrunch via kwout
Josh Constine from Tech Crunch ponders the impact:
… if Facebook could minimize the voice minutes these users have to buy by offering VoIP that’s free beyond the cost of data usage? Suddenly Facebook goes from a nice way to connect with friends to a critical communication service that saves them money.
Anything that has the potential of breaking the monopolistic control of the carriers here in Canada not only has my voie it is something that I will use and promote.
On another note, this is another reason why Android is the platform that will see significant innovative gains in unique areas. There are simply more Android users who don’t want to spend the money that they typical IOS user is willing to spend so the necessity to create a more cost effective solution is much more pressing for Android open source community then it is for the Apple and its walled garden IOS.
I do need to note, Apple’s walled garden IOS is still currently the best mobile infrastructure and it is still the phone I recommend to most average users but the grass is really starting to look greener on the other side of the wall.
