The more time passes by the more I see Apple Behave even worse than M$
#1 – in other words, you haven’t read the story any of the 500 places it appeared.
Well, I really hope mac kills the slingplayer. They had already annoyed slingbox owners by making the oy!phone and oy!pod touchme versions of the slingplayer compatible only with the newest slingbox hardware. It was fun to read peeved macfans with the older hardware groan & moan about being left out.
If they kill the app altogether, it’s just gonna be the icing in the cake. Then again, macfans have no pride & will just bow to their god Steve.
I still laugh at how you can only get 3rd party apps on oy!tunes store and not directly from the 3rd party. The Skype thing is hilarious.
Picture taken from slingcommunity.com. Hilarious! http://tinyurl.com/cohoez
I did a little more diggin’ in the site above mentioned and it seems it was just a rumor and that the app seems to be on track and is only delayed by the highly “efficient” way mac has for accepting an app http://tinyurl.com/c4eo8f
Then again, I’m quite happy to see I have macfans’ behaviour nailed. Here’s a comment from one guy at slingcommunity here http://tinyurl.com/d3czp6 . The guy bought the new hardware he could brag about the app on the oy!Phone just to find out about the rumor and he rather get rid of the slingplayer. He doesn’t want it if he cannot see it on the oy!Phone. What a dork!
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“Double WTF!! I just bought a SlingBox Pro HD 2 days ago in anticipation of the iPhone app. Not that it is not cool by itself – but thats not why i wanted it. If i am not convinced i will be able to use it on my iPhone – back to the store it goes.”
Meanwhile… Nokia N series, Windows Mobile and Palm users continue to use the Sling mobile application without any problems, even on AT&T’s network. And even if T has a problem with the application, just modify it to only work on WiFi.
I’d be surprised to see this being an AT&T problem. We know Apple is pushing video over the ITMS platform. If you have access to your Tivo or cable DVR anywhere, why do you need to download shows from iTunes? And given the past relationship Apple has had with content providers (Steve claiming DRM had to be there to placate record company low lifes), I see this more of a demand from the film companies and TV networks.
Of course, it IS just a rumor.
#1 – Microsoft is in business to further their profits by creating ecosystems by which smaller companies can create their own systems on top of, like a whale with millions of tiny barnacles attached to it.
Apple is only in business for the betterment of Apple, and like a petulant child, they want as much control over everything as possible.
Microsoft tries to co-opt everyone in (yes, I’m aware of their past… they haven’t always been friendly about it), while Apple locks customers in and third parties out.
Apple is one of the most closed-off tech companies on the planet doing everything in their power to keep their ecosystem as closed off as possible.
the whole damn cell tech is closed Apple fits right in with ma bell and her young-un’s
try to find reasonably priced voip sip wifi phone. Damn Celler’s
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