| All AT&T Apple is being told to remove these application from their App Store at the request of AT&T. This is not Apple screwing their customer, this is AT&T screwing Apple and their customer. The same thing happened with the Slingbox application.
Anyone who thinks this is Apple being evil, or that Apple can tell AT&T to shove it, is being way too naive. This is business, and Apple is playing ball with AT&T. The double standard where all other phones can use these apps at full capacity is AT&T logic.
An AT&T spokesman said this about the last time when Apple had to pull Slingbox:
said by »www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atan···out-for/ :Slingbox, which would use large amounts of wireless network capacity, could create congestion and potentially prevent other customers from using the network. The application does not run on our 3G wireless network. Applications like this, which redirect a TV signal to a personal computer, are specifically prohibited under our terms of service. AT&T conveniently ignored the fact that any other mobile platform can use these apps. I guess WinMo, Symbian, BlackBerry, etc, are insignificant to bother limiting.
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AT&T is the type of corporation that would have blocked GV from all platforms. It's an Apple issue, because AT&T isn't the only carrier that uses the App Store. |
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1 edit | With most other phones, AT&T just sells the phone. They haven't bothered to try to block the apps from being installed on other platforms. Users install things directly and AT&T gets no say in it. That's the difference. All AT&T can do in that case is try and prohibit their use in the terms of service, which people typically ignore.
Because Apple is the gatekeeper of App Store, AT&T can hold Apple responsible if something is clearly going against their agreement.
I hope this gets lots, and lots of attention, and Google puts their best efforts forward to fight it. Unfortunately because of Android, I think it's actually in Google's best interests to leave the situation as-is, and have people just remain irate. Unhappy Apple customers are more potential Android customers when those contracts end.
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| said by djrobx:With most other phones, AT&T just sells the phone. They haven't bothered to try to block the apps from being installed on other platforms. Users install things directly and AT&T gets no say in it. That's the difference. All AT&T can do in that case is try and prohibit their use in the terms of service, which people typically ignore. In every article that mentions nything about Apple or ATT locking an app, I can't help but laugh.
I have the Tilt from ATT and I can install anything windows based ap that I want, and ATT has no say in it. Since it is also wi-fi enabled that includes Skype or anyother VOIP program that I want.
In fact, it is currently running WinMo 6.5 in a custom ROM that has the best features from several different phones. |
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