Don't buy an iPhone if you use a Windows PC

iPhones are made to work with Mac computers. Your experience will be limited if you have a Windows PC. I want a phone that can stream longer home videos from the phone to the PC to send to family living in other states. The Apple program iPhoto will not work with Windows. I may be the only person on the planet who has read the 163-page iPhone 4 manual. Under the instructions for streaming video, it tells me that it cannot be done if I have a Windows computer. Yes, iTunes and Quick Time media players have Windows conversions, but so far iPhotos does not, and it is the only program used for sending longer home video from the phone to the computer.
The phone's memory allows me to email or text a 50 second video, but if I want a longer video, I have to stream it and I can’t because iPhoto is for Macs only. Word to the wise: If you buy an iPhone it is best to have an Apple computer or you will not be able to enjoy all the iPhone features. BTW, the Droid and Blackberry are Windows compatible. I hope my lesson learned the hard way will help others when making a decision about which phone to buy.

There are other options to make longer videos available for others to view. Telling people that you shouldn't buy an iPhone if you use a Windows PC is ridiculous....you do realize that despite Apple's popularity most of the computers owned are PC's and not MAC machines. Which would make it easy to assume that there are quite a few Windows PC users that are iPhone owners...and are more than happy with their device and it's abilities. If streaming is that important to you then for you, perhaps you either need a different device or you need to get a MAC. Otherwise, consider uplaoding the video to a platform that you can easily share all of your videos with anyone you wish. It's not rocket science and it doesn't make your videos any less shareable. FYI...perhaps this is possible on a droid device but prior to getting the iPhone I was a long time BB user. You COULD NOT stream or send long length videos to a computer or via text or any other format. You could sync it to the computer and upload it to a site that others could go view. You could upload the video from the BB to sites like FaceBook and YouTube, but the time it took was long depending on the video and more apt to fail....versus just syncing the video to your computer via the desktop manager and then uploading it to the site of your choice. I'm not an Apple worshipper...but your declaration based off of your inability to have access to a MAC program not because you have an iPhone, but because you chose to purchase a Windows PC is beyond ridiculous. And your assumption that you're the only person to have read the manual is laughable at best. Perhaps if you had done your research for the function you wanted to be able to do prior to purchasing your iPhone (the manual has been available for the iPhone online since the iPhone 4 was first made available to AT&T...several months before VZW got it, giving you plenty of time to research this info in that manner not to mention you had free access to forums such as the Apple Support forum that could have given you first hand info on whether the action you wanted to perform was possible for an iPhone owner that uses Windows PC. Plus, if you haven't had your phone for too long you have time to return it. If it has been too long you can easily sell it assuming that it is still is excellent condition and get very good money on it...money that can go towards getting the device you feel will better suit your needs. At any rate, good luck with whatever you choose. Hopefully you can find an alternative method to fit your needs...or you can get the device (or a MAC) to help you get what you are looking for.

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Anyway, Verizon does not care or they would have responded to my support request by now so they are going to lose my extra $10 a month for the service starting today.. LG did respond, and blames Verizon. Here's LG's response:
------Reply to Your Inquiry-------
Dear xxx
I do apologize for any inconvenience this issue may have caused you.
It seems that this is an issue with the Verizon Family Locator app. Their support forums show many customers having problems with the app on several different model phones.
Please feel free to contact us if you have any additional questions or concerns. Thank you again for contacting LG Electronics.
Jason F
<< Edited to remove personal information >>
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P.D Sorry for my bad english.

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DarkViper wrote:
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