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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on mSpot brings new release movie streaming to major US carriers]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</guid><description><![CDATA[Could only see this being used on long car/bus/plane rides...and cell service isn't exactly top notch there]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[lawyer bird]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 30th 2009 11:37AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on mSpot brings new release movie streaming to major US carriers]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</guid><description><![CDATA[Sounds cool but $4.99 for what will likely be a suboptimal movie experience sounds a little much to me.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Apd123]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 30th 2009 11:38AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on mSpot brings new release movie streaming to major US carriers]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yea if I can BUY a DVD for $12 and it's 480P watch anytime, why would I pay $5 to watch a lower than VHS resolution movie for 24 hours? <br><br>They need to either do a Netflix / Zune Marketplace subscription model (i.e. $10/mo gets you unlimited movies) or do 99 cent rentals and $10 or less purchases.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[cocoviper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 30th 2009 12:29PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on mSpot brings new release movie streaming to major US carriers]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</guid><description><![CDATA[Because not everyone wants to spend $12 to own everything. If you spent $12 to buy everything when you have no desire to own a movie, only to view it, but only do so because it's "only $7 difference to own it" than you're spending over double. For things you never plan to buy again.<br><br>The "only difference is $7 to own it!" adds up, especially when you don't care to own anything.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[jon.athan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 30th 2009 12:51PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on mSpot brings new release movie streaming to major US carriers]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</guid><description><![CDATA[plan to watch* again, not buy.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[jon.athan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 30th 2009 12:52PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on mSpot brings new release movie streaming to major US carriers]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</guid><description><![CDATA[Probably have more luck selling on your DVD on ebay than you will your expired movie rental however!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gav]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 30th 2009 1:02PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on mSpot brings new release movie streaming to major US carriers]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</guid><description><![CDATA[I am not paying $4.99 to watch The Golden Child.  I could not be PAID $4.99 to watch The Golden Child.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mycroft]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 30th 2009 4:41PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on mSpot brings new release movie streaming to major US carriers]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</guid><description><![CDATA[Wow! it actually is working on my pre, very nice]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Windzilla]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 30th 2009 11:40AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on mSpot brings new release movie streaming to major US carriers]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</guid><description><![CDATA[why don't they have an app?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[mere]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 30th 2009 11:40AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on mSpot brings new release movie streaming to major US carriers]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</guid><description><![CDATA[because companies like Apple make money selling movies not streaming them. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ddub]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 30th 2009 1:18PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on mSpot brings new release movie streaming to major US carriers]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</guid><description><![CDATA[It should be mentioned that in addition to $4.99 per movie they also have a monthly subscriptions for real addicts.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Apd123]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 30th 2009 11:44AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on mSpot brings new release movie streaming to major US carriers]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</guid><description><![CDATA[Ahhh...Save 50% or more in Club. So 4.99 is just for the unwashed non-members.<br><br>Club members receive 20 ($9.99), 30 ($12.99), or 40 ($15.99) credits a month which entitles you to approximately 4, 6, or 8 movies respectively.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chad]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 30th 2009 11:45AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on mSpot brings new release movie streaming to major US carriers]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</guid><description><![CDATA[Remember kids, pay-per streaming movies are A-OK, but streaming TV you're already paying for from your home for free via sling player is ABSOLUTELY COMPLETELY EVIL AND WILL DESTROY AT&T'S NETWORK IF THEY'RE UNABLE TO STOP IT.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 30th 2009 11:47AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on mSpot brings new release movie streaming to major US carriers]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</guid><description><![CDATA[PSHHH ... who needs to watch TV? I hear Apple's inventing this great new system that will actually let you send PICTURES to other phones via a TEXT MESSAGE!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nuck]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 30th 2009 11:52AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on mSpot brings new release movie streaming to major US carriers]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</guid><description><![CDATA[Excellent point got to love the hypocrisy I am sure they have a carrier profit share deal worked out.  Heck once everyone gets their cut mspot probably just has a few scraps left.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Apd123]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 30th 2009 11:58AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on mSpot brings new release movie streaming to major US carriers]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</guid><description><![CDATA[This doesn't work over 3G either, but of course you get upvoted because bashing is fun! Who cares about facts?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[jon.athan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 30th 2009 12:53PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on mSpot brings new release movie streaming to major US carriers]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</guid><description><![CDATA[Q: Can I watch movies on WiFi?<br><br>A: Because of our obligation to protect movie content from piracy, only iPhone users can watch movies on WiFi networks. <br><br>Q: Is this service available worldwide?<br><br>A: No, only in the United States.<br><br>Um WTF?  Not going to use the service anyway but wifi on iphone only somebody is going to have to explain that one to me.  Also when will the studios get a clue the restrictions of countries and titles just means its back to torrents for everyone.  I feel like they are trying at least a little but are still way off.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Apd123]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 30th 2009 11:55AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on mSpot brings new release movie streaming to major US carriers]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</guid><description><![CDATA[It's not so much "we hate everyone but the United States" as it is "there are legal blockades to worldwide licensing."<br><br>It's different for every movie, of course.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 30th 2009 12:26PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on mSpot brings new release movie streaming to major US carriers]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</guid><description><![CDATA[Given that a 1.5 hour movie is 550mb at 480x320 compressed for web streaming this is going to kill their network if they get a few people doing this at the same time.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Templarian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 30th 2009 12:07PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on mSpot brings new release movie streaming to major US carriers]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</guid><description><![CDATA[It is not streaming at nearly this quality I would describe it as sorta watchable to unwatchable.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Apd123]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 30th 2009 12:13PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on mSpot brings new release movie streaming to major US carriers]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</guid><description><![CDATA[It won't be 550MB- Netflix streams at about 700Kb/sec which for a 90 min movie is 460MB- and that's for watching on a PCs 15-22" screen, if you're going to a 3" mobile screen you can get away with something like 150Kb/sec easy or about 100MB for a 90 min movie.<br><br>(I ran the calculations on this a few months ago- users could do about 15-20 hours of Netflix streaming a month and still easily be under the 5GB cap).]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[cocoviper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 30th 2009 12:25PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on mSpot brings new release movie streaming to major US carriers]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</guid><description><![CDATA[You could finish off your 5GB-capped "unlimited" monthly limits pretty quickly with something like this.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[denson_paul]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 30th 2009 12:22PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on mSpot brings new release movie streaming to major US carriers]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</guid><description><![CDATA[Not really (at least not as fast as you probably think)- See my comment to Templarian.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[cocoviper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 30th 2009 12:27PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on mSpot brings new release movie streaming to major US carriers]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</guid><description><![CDATA[Mrphl.  It doesn't work with my phone, and they won't tell me what phones it does work with.  From their FAQ: "Q: How do I know if my phone is supported? A: mSpot encourages you to watch a movie preview before you rent a movie. If you can see the preview, then your phone is supported.".<br><br>Admittedly, I'm stuck using a featurephone at the moment (Nokia 6555), so I didn't have high hopes; but it'd be nice if they gave actual information.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Stracke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 30th 2009 12:36PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on mSpot brings new release movie streaming to major US carriers]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</guid><description><![CDATA[I wish we had an application similar to this in europe.  Being able to connect through wi fi and watch movies without an iphone. <br><br>Belinda]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Belinda]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 30th 2009 1:52PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on mSpot brings new release movie streaming to major US carriers]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</guid><description><![CDATA[Just what we need, another bandwidth hog on an already strained cellular network.  Things like this are a complete waste, if you can't go a few hours or days without watching a movie on your phone of all things then maybe you need to get some professional help.  Let the networks focus on actual voice and meaningful data traffic.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dane]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 30th 2009 12:55PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on mSpot brings new release movie streaming to major US carriers]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</guid><description><![CDATA[If they start streaming porn, AT&T's network is as good as dead.  Since it's browser-based and streaming in Quicktime format, I don't see how AT&T or Apple could stop it.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[jgrnt1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 30th 2009 12:59PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on mSpot brings new release movie streaming to major US carriers]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</guid><description><![CDATA[spank wire dot com<br><br>bust a nut and the network at the same time.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mycroft]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 30th 2009 4:42PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on mSpot brings new release movie streaming to major US carriers]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</guid><description><![CDATA[5 bucks plus its a tiny screen. Not interested. who must watch a movie so bad that they must have it right now? can't you wait till you get home and see it on a normal screen?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ddub]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 30th 2009 1:17PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on mSpot brings new release movie streaming to major US carriers]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</guid><description><![CDATA[so this is kosher on AT&T's network, but MMS, SlingPlayer, and the like are not. weaksauce. <br><br>then again, the mSpot people are probably paying a sizable portion of their proceeds to AT&T.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tony Bowman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 30th 2009 1:49PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on mSpot brings new release movie streaming to major US carriers]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</guid><description><![CDATA[it's not an app it's through the browser]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ddub]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 30th 2009 2:21PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on mSpot brings new release movie streaming to major US carriers]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</guid><description><![CDATA[$4.99 a movie? All I can say to that is LOL good luck.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eli]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 30th 2009 2:43PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on mSpot brings new release movie streaming to major US carriers]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</guid><description><![CDATA[Just tried with my Omnia and got "your phone is not supported". Can't say I'm disappointed.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[BigEd]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 30th 2009 2:46PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on mSpot brings new release movie streaming to major US carriers]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</guid><description><![CDATA[VERY COOL! THIS is a useful app. lets say i have two hours or so to kill in between lay overs. If i have the charger, grab this up over 3g [or if there's free wifi] and you're good to go]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 30th 2009 2:53PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on mSpot brings new release movie streaming to major US carriers]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</guid><description><![CDATA[so you can pay $4 or $5 to rent a full HD movie at home or you can pay $5 for a choppy, low res, battery draining movie on the go?  well sign me up!!!  I'll just be over here tossing hundred dollar bills into the fire while this bad boy gets buffered!  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Hesser]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 1st 2009 9:19AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on mSpot brings new release movie streaming to major US carriers]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/mspot-brings-new-release-movie-streaming-to-major-us-carriers/</guid><description><![CDATA[How much per movie? Don't they know Redbox is pretty much ubiquitous?  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[D]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 1st 2009 4:50PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
