Comments on: OrbLive Update Enables 3G & EDGE Live TV Streaming on iPhone, on App Store

By: Hassan

Hassan — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:18:29 +0000

You can still get Internet TV on iPhone without having a TV Tuner. and you can also add custom channels on your orb website page <<

By: :: Inside Borneo ::

:: Inside Borneo :: — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:01:46 +0000

[...] or EDGE, and not AT&T’s 3G network, if they wanted App Store approval. Yesterday, though, Apple approved an app that streams live TV over Wi-Fi, AT&T’s EDGE and 3G connections. The updated version of [...]

By: Christopher Price

Christopher Price — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:29:45 +0000

David, $49/month is outrageously expensive.

For that price, you could easily pay for a second TV receiver on Satellite (versus the cost of Cable). And, if you’re on cable, that isn’t an issue to begin with.

It would only make sense for someone who couldn’t get any form of broadband internet (including EV-DO or UMTS). And, those customers would probably not be able to stream TV over their phones anyways.

By: David Sax

David Sax — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:12:07 +0000

Orb is very cool but annoys my family at home when I change channels on them and upload speeds pretty crappy from my DSL so I started using http://parkmytv.com which is a ‘hosted tv’ service for place-shifting devices. I sent them my box and for $49/mo I now have super fast bandwidth ie. video quality, no channel conflicts and free reboots if it locks up. It’s a beta currently but accepting limited new customers, was lucky enough to get in and lovin it.

By: Christopher Price

Christopher Price — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 15:59:47 +0000

You have to read between the lines a bit with what AT&T has said. AT&T specifically has said that the addition of iPhone 3G and the App Store was “less than expected”. That’s not the same as saying that iPhone uses little bandwidth. And, it doesn’t mean that iPhone users did not add a significant impact to the AT&T network, and have made a major contribution to the overloading problems.

And, taking your concept to the flip side, Windows Mobile, and BlackBerry all can do VoIP on AT&T’s network right now… so what’s the point in limiting iPhone? If it’s simply a barriers to entry issue, both RIM and Microsoft will have App Stores shortly, and they both allow for unsigned code.

We’re simply saying… grab the update quickly. Don’t be shocked if Apple pulls it today or tomorrow.

By: Praneeth

Praneeth — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 15:40:03 +0000

As AT&T itself has confirmed, iPhone users currently use up very little bandwidth. The capacity issues that AT&T has are real but they are issues they have to fix anyway. Limiting the true use of the network that they advertise would not be advisable when soon all other competing products Blackberry, Android, Windows Mobile will be compatible with Sling/Orb.