TV on iPhone?

20 Aug

http://www.rlyslow.com/Random/iPhone/Final/YouTube.pngBack in May – at the WWDC (World Wide Developers Conference) we reported on the new and exciting “live streaming” TV application that was reported to be due for release in a “few weeks” – because the promise at the WWDC was that the iReshet app would be released soon after the iPhone OS 3.0 had been released.

Well, time has gone by and the team here have continued to watch the iPhone storeĀ  – with increasing disinterest as the app has failed to appear. We continued to watch the news for mention of its imminent release and to surf the web for any clues to the state of play.

Nadda! Just a void where we would expect ongoing PR releases in anticipation of this – we thought – exciting development in an App. In a world where dozens of uninteresting apps are released weekly, this promised to be the forerunner to a whole new world of iPhone entertainment.

Finally, we see some action. From Applicaster, one of the companies involved in streaming live TV to our iPhones. And here is what we first see when we visit their site:

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So we get the distinct impression that they are attempting to lay a very large egg – that just won’t come out!!

In any event, they are now assuring us that:

The iReshet App will soon be available on the iTunes store

For weeks this link has just been the left over site from the demo they ran at the WWDC, so this notice shows that something is happening and the developers are not completely dead!

To find out why we are so keen to see this app released when other TV Apps are on offer – check our next post!

And, as already promised, we’ll keep you posted!