AT&T's been talking about its all-new U-verse Mobile app for the iPhone
since CTIA back in March, and documents we've just received suggest that it's finally launching this coming Monday, August 9. What's the difference between this and the existing U-verse app that you can download right now? Well, the big one is that you'll be able to download 'from a library of hit TV shows' directly to your iPhone when you're connected to WiFi if you have a subscription to U-verse's U300 or U450 packages. Speaking of U300 and U450, if you're a new or existing iPhone customer and you sign up for one of those packages in an AT&T store between August 9 and November 6, they'll flip you a whopping $75 iTunes gift card for your trouble -- though you won't receive it for four to six weeks after activation, unfortunately. Check out the gallery below for all the juicy details.
[Thanks, anonymous tipster]
posted August 7th 2010 6:00PM
Verizon take note of this for droid x users!
$75 of iTunes credit? Sign me up! :D
@Eric77lv
You use iTunes?? Hahaha
@Wild Pig
It's DRM free now, so why not? It's a good convenient service.
Wasn't this supposed to play back content that was already on your DVR, making it sorta-like a Slingbox (just not live, only with recorded content)? This making shows from a "selection" isn't what was demoed back at CTIA:
"The big deal is that shows recorded on your box at home can be streamed to your phone from any WiFi hotspot, a nice little bonus for U-verse subscribers who haven't ponied up for something like a Slingbox."
This change is NOT the same as what was demoed and now has me completely not caring about the app anymore, because I'm pretty sure all the shows I record from HBO, Showtime, A&E, History, CBS, NBC etc. will NOT be there. I'll keep my hopes up, but I'm not liking this change at all.
@Ether3a1
I agree. I'll try it out and hope the library is really awesome (but I won't hold my breath.) I was excited to stream from my dvr (mostly for kids shows in the go, but the wifi restriction kills the usefulness of that.)
@Jodosh If you jailbreak and use My3G (I think that's what it's called, Mi3G maybe?) you can make it think you're over WiFi and stream over 3G. But still, if you don't, the wifi restriction (known, but not happy about) and this change make the product almost useless for me, outside of the mobile scheduling, but I've only done that a couple times, I use the web interface almost daily.
wow I agree. wtf this is just like hulu. get outta here att
wow.....thats awesome...
I'll echo @Ether3a1's post. Also, it's for U300 and U 400, only? Wtf? Why not everyone?
This has turned out to be one lame app, at&t...
Get over it people. Video to Iphone is aimed at getting people to subscribe to higher levels of programming. Why would you assume it would be free at U200 levels? What I don't understand is why it was to be a completely new install to get the $75 iTunes card. Why not people who upgrade? I suppose I'm being greedy too.