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Rumor: iTunes on iPhone may get direct movie, TV downloads
Infinite Loop —
... The screenshots, posted by Kwame Jones and supposedly sourced from an anonymous "geeky friend," show a toolbar for accessing a list of featured TV shows, movies, and music videos. It also shows places to add artwork for featured movies and TV shows. A progression of UI details added throughout the day suggests the feature is still being developed by iTunes Store developers. ...
iPhone rumored to get wireless movie, TV downloads
AppleInsider —
... Published: 06:15 PM EST A new rumor, complete with supposed screenshots, maintains that Apple is on the verge of allowing movie and TV show downloads directly from an iPhone or iPod touch. According to the blogger reporting the purported find, a friend who downloaded the latest version of the iPhone app TwitterFon claims to have discovered three mobile ads from Apple that pointed to "iTunes Movies," "iTunes Movie Rentals" and "iTunes TV." Rather than take the visitor to a website, however, tapping one of the ads is said to switch to the mobile iTunes client and shows what ...
iPhone to get direct TV and movie downloads?
iPhone Buzz —
... stumbled upon by a geeky friend of mine who wishes to remain anonymous for fear of the powerful arms of the Apple legal department, scrolling across the top of the app were for ‘iTunes Movies’, ‘iTunes TV’ and ‘iTunes Movie Rentals’.
Unsubstantiated rumor? I don't know, though on-device downloads would be nice. Currently, the only way to get video on an iPhone is by downloading it via iTunes on your computer and syncing with your device.
[via Open Salon]
Apple to allow downloads of movies and TV shows through the iPhone?
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence —
... Apple appears to be ready to add videos and movies to the mobile iTunes store. AllthingsD caught a quick peak of the service (since disabled). Luckily an open Salon user got a few screengrabs of what's to come (below).
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The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... Kwame Jones discovered a preliminary interface for renting and purchasing movies & TV shows on the iPhone and iPod touch, which should be loads of fun even though it will be limited to WiFi connections. ...
iPhone movie and TV show downloads revealed in rogue ad?
Engadget —
... While direct movie and TV show downloads on the iPhone certainly seems like a reasonable enough proposition (over WiFi, at least), we're not completely convinced that a rogue ad in the Twitterfon app is the first place such a feature would leak out. According to a ...
iPhone to get direct TV and movie downloads?
Top iPhone News —
... upon by a geeky friend of mine who wishes to remain anonymous for fear of the powerful arms of the Apple legal department, scrolling across the top of the app were for ‘iTunes Movies’, ‘iTunes TV’ and ‘iTunes Movie Rentals’.
Unsubstantiated rumor? I don’t know, though on-device downloads would be nice. Currently, the only way to get video on an iPhone is by downloading it via iTunes on your computer and syncing with your device.
[via Open Salon]
News: Mix: The New Yorker, iTunes EU Music Sales , Back-to-School Promo, iPhone video downloads
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond —
... ]. The reports of a banner ad in a recent version of the Twitterfon application points to the possibility of Movie and TV Show downloads soon being available on the iPhone and iPod touch application. The ad in question allegedly linked to a page under construction on the iPhone’s iTunes Store app, providing a listing of movie and TV show content, none of which was yet actually available for download. The ad itself has since disappeared.
Apple Bringing Video Purchasing/Downloads to the iPhone
TheAppleBlog —
... According to Twitter users, the source of the news, and commenters on this post, tapping on the ads redirected users with iPhone OS 3.0 installed on their phone to a previously unknown subsection of the built-in iTunes app, where movies and TV shows are listed. Movie links aren’t active yet, but it otherwise seems to be nearly ready for public consumption. ...
Direct video download coming to Apple iPhone and iPod Touch?
iPhone Atlas —
According to a report on Open Salon, Apple appears to be preparing direct movie and TV show downloads on the iPhone.
Open Salon claims that an ad appearing in the free version of the app Twitterfon is the first place that this new iPhone feature was discovered. However, the ad in question is no where to be found at press time and hasn't been confirmed. ...
