new app: aFlix

aFlix

After reading the description for this application, I can now say with 100% certainty that the application developers at Verizon are a bunch of crack smoking monkeys.  Do they REALLY think people are going to spend $5.49 a month when they can just go to youtube?!? 

We can't get Visual Voicemail or ESPN MVP, but we get a fricking ripoff wannabe youtube app!  REALLY??

Verizon has lost all touch with reality.

You're talking about the "VCAST Song ID".  That, you can get.  go to Media Center --> Music & Tones --> Get New Ringtones -->  Get New Applications.  Should be in there.  It doesn't always seem to work.  I am definitely NOT impressed with Verizon's apps.  I wonder when they'll realize nobody is paying for these?

See, the thing that baffles me is why people are getting worked up about this.  People keep comparing our phone to the iPhone.  They're two different category of cell phones.  One the one hand, you have our phone: a phone with extra gizmos.  On the other hand, you have the Storm or iPhone: mini computers with phones.  That's why you pay the extra $30/mo for them.  If you're upset that the Dare doesn't have better apps, don't leave Verizon; get the Storm.

interesting.  And that was for any typical phone, not just smart phones?

I understand that Sprint's customer service sucks.  I've never had it, but I've yet to hear a good review of it.  If I remember right, their service map isn't all that extensive, either.

i had a razr2. thars not a smart phone. i dont want or need a smart phone. i want apps and the freedom to get them where ever i want.

I didn't mean to cause a fight; sorry.  :-D

I know nobody in this thread has compared it to the iphone, just on this forum in general.

Look, I get that the apps are crap for this phone.  I don't use any of them, not the browser, not the mail, none.  In my opinion, the entire Verizon OS is crap.  Either BREW is extremely limited, or Verizon's programmers have no imagination.

Voyager is over a year old.  No surprises it has more apps.  enV2, while only about 6 months, still is older than the Dare.

Wasn't it Kildars who said something big is supposed to be coming for the Dare?  (I can't remember who...)  Perhaps Verizon is gearing up for something real, and is giving us poo-poo apps to lead us on.  I dunno.  lol

I suppose for me, having come from a basic samsung phone, the lack of apps doesn't bother me.  Then again, if you're expecting the phones to have decent apps, I can understand where you're coming from.  It was just never anything I expected to have.

I'm not certain they'll lose many customers.  People like you, who use their phones for more than phones, will walk away.  Or buy the Storm.  :-)  Which is what I really want to do, but can't afford.  As much as I would love to have my phone be a mini computer, I'm willing to let it go simply because I can't afford it at this point.  The geek in me would like to see useful apps, but I have no intention of paying $5/mo for any of the apps they offer.

I agree with this.  I can overlook it because, in all honesty, it is just a phone to me.  And there is enough good about Verizon that I can over look it.  But for the most part, I'll agree... these apps suck.  I wouldn't pay 5 cents for them!