Update: As of today, February 24, 2010, I’m seeing an update in the App store that restores 3G functionality. This is about 2 weeks after Apple allowed Sling to include 3G functionality in the SlingPlayer app.
We’ve previously written about Apple’s capricious App Store review process, which has caused great frustration for users of Google Voice and other apps. Users of the OrbLive app for iPhone have recently felt Apple’s bite, in a manner that makes the Google Voice fiasco look trivial. OrbLive users recently found out that they didn’t get what they paid for – they had key functionality stripped out of their app in an update, after they’d purchased the app. To make matters worse, some users are complaining that the update notes didn’t advise them that this functionality was being removed. Read on for the full story, and then let us know if this makes you leery about getting an iPhone, or keeping your iPhone if you already have one.
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Major League Baseball just doesn’t get it. Archaic blackout rules, postseason game times that alienate potential future fans, and an economic system that allows some teams to serve as farm teams for a few big market teams, leave many outsiders scratching their heads. Add baseball’s latest internet offering, Postseason.TV, to the list of baseball’s facepalm moments.