Anybody know if this might happen? I think the speeds would be fast enough and it would provide a great service! We could really get music on the go.
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iTunes Wifi Store usable under 3G?
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*WiFi* Music Store for use with *3G* ... hmm .... 
In all seriousness, I doubt it yet. They would change the name if it were any different (iTunes Mobile Store?) and I think the App Store will tax the network enough. Songs would be downloaded much more often. It might be a couple of years before you can download songs over the cell network.
In all seriousness, I doubt it yet. They would change the name if it were any different (iTunes Mobile Store?) and I think the App Store will tax the network enough. Songs would be downloaded much more often. It might be a couple of years before you can download songs over the cell network.
I think they are blocking this due to the amount of people that would just download via cell vs. home network.
EDIT: Under features via iPhone tab on Apple's website, it specifically states you need a Wi-Fi connection. Also the "Wi-Fi iTunes Store" seems to give it away.
EDIT: Under features via iPhone tab on Apple's website, it specifically states you need a Wi-Fi connection. Also the "Wi-Fi iTunes Store" seems to give it away.
They'd be mad to not allow song downloads over 3G given that all the UK operators, for example, already offer OTA music download services and Nokia even has its own one which sets more of a precedent.
So long as the songs cost money I don't think there's any risk of abuse of the cell networks and the 'unlimited' data supplied.
So long as the songs cost money I don't think there's any risk of abuse of the cell networks and the 'unlimited' data supplied.
In the keynote, Jobs stated that in the Apps store you can download apps that are 10MB or less over iTunes, WiFi, or 3G and apps more than 10MB on just iTunes and WiFi. I don't see why they wouldn't do the same for the mobile iTunes store. But it's Apple, so who knows.
It looks like part of the "Instinct" campaign against the iPhone shows a video of Sprint's new phone letting you download music without a Wifi connection.
I really hope Apple/AT&T can make the iTunes store work over 3G.
I really hope Apple/AT&T can make the iTunes store work over 3G.
Yes. For $3 a song with an incredibly limited selection.
Apple's not willing to charge people more than the standard $.99.
Exactly. NOT WORTH IT. The music companies won't budge. In fact, they're probably pissed that Apple is allowing purchases outside of the carrier's network on the same device to begin with. There's a huge gulf between what features many devices SAY you'll get, and the actually usability of that experience due to licensing and all sorts of other goofy issues. It confuses things so terribly. I'm glad Apple didn't cave and let use Verizon's VCast. How stupid would that have been?
~ CB
podcasts over the air would be great.
lets hope the 10 mb limit only applies to the app store and not maximum download limit system wide on the iphone.
in the uk we have the bbc iplayer which works great when streamed to the iphone via wifi.it should work great over the air via 3g-however will 02 allow streaming of large files like this as it would be very popular.
with all the talk of so called "traffic shaping" i.e. isps throttling their speed at peak times,are we going to see the mobile carriers doing the same?
lets hope unlimited really means unlimited.
i would also really realy like it if podcasts could be updated via 3g.
I seem to remember 02 wont allow audio/video streaming over the network, Will try and find where I saw it.
We already know unlimited doesn't really mean unlimited - the t&c's of the current O2 iPhone agreement state that you can't use it for streaming media, and the contracts for other 3G phones says the same.
It'll be blocked in the same way it is now.
I would just be content to be able to update my Podcast directory over wi-fi rather than having to sync to do so. My phone syncs to my main desktop machine, and hence no new podcasts for a week if I go on holiday.
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ummm....3g is not looking so great to me after all.
slightly faster loading web pages don't quite cut it-I'm going to have to reconsider if its worth upgrading.
ummm....3g is not looking so great to me after all.
slightly faster loading web pages don't quite cut it-I'm going to have to reconsider if its worth upgrading.
The 3G iPhone isn't aimed at getting people to upgrade. It's aimed at the European/Far Eastern markets where 3G is the norm. After all, other than 3G/GPS, there really isn't any notable difference between the outgoing models and the incoming ones. They're going to be running exactly the same software.
I'm going to hold off upgrading until they get to at least 32GB on board. 3G and GPS aren't enough for me to consider upgrading either.