It Rains In Triplicate

SlingPlayer for iPhone apparently only supports WiFi, not 3G. The freak out is that SlingPlayer for the BlackBerry supports the 3G network.

So, is it that AT&T hates everyone? Is it that SlingPlayer doesn’t like you and wants to kill your dog?

My take, two straightforward reasons:

1. AT&T does not have any say on whether or not a user downloads a BlackBerry application
2. The number of iPhone users that may install a given application is much, much larger than the potential blackberry install base

Ultimately, there is a real argument that AT&T cannot support the potential install base. The fact that there is a blackberry app that is unrestricted is a red herring, we’re not talking about the same set of users or same potential usage patterns.

Edit: Duh

So if they really had a method for doing any one of:

• beating a radar gun
• beating a drug test
• beating a breathalyzer test
• beating a lie detector test

Do you really think they would (or Discovery channel would let them) present it?

I heard apple is looking to take over Volvo, Caterpillar, and Thinking Machines next week, right after they finish acquiring EA and Twitter this week.

Really, I have trusted sources and everything.