Real Networks submitting Rhapsody music service for iPhone. Duck!

I don't think Apple will see this as a real (coincidence) threat if only because you still have to be connected to a network to use Rhapsody, and mobile streaming doesn't have as many benefits as the iTunes Store and the iPod app.

For example - iPod Touches will have to be within range of WiFi and iPhones will have to restart the app whenever they get a phone call (unlike using the iPod app). Not to mention that users will discover quickly that mobile streaming eats battery life rather quickly. I use Pandora regularly on my way home from work, so I'm not trying to say that the iTunes Store is the only source for music, but I've found that my battery is almost dead after 45-60 minutes of solid 3G music streaming after a days worth of use.

Anyway, what am I trying to say? Oh yeah... Apple will probably approve this app as long as it doesn't try to download music directly to the iPod library, since then it's really no more than Pandora or Sirius/XM. In some sense, it almost seems like Real hopes Apple won't; adding fuel to some future antitrust lawsuit.

Rejected because it duplicates the features of the "phone" function (i.e., you press a button and sound comes out). Customers could be confused by this.

is that to be waiting so long for buffering when using Rhapsody?

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They'll never approve it.. Unless iTunes goes subscription it's the only game in town. Real is pissed it lost it's realdvd case and now reaching for this. Ron glazer needs to sell real to Msft and then retire. Who uses the real player anyways?

I far prefer Pandora myself...

...but I wouldn't be surprised is Apple rejects it. After all it duplicates the functionality of iTunes and would cause customer confusion... wouldn't it?

Isn't Rhapsody something that Verizon pushes quite a bit here in the states? Am I just reading (hoping) too much into this?

Pandora is my favorite music app for my ipod touch, it works just like it does on the pc, great for music lovers - create your own stations and it's very good sound quality.

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a lala.com iphone app would be a hundred times better to have.

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I won't be ::buffering:: instal ::buffering:: ing anything from Real ::buffering:: ::buffering:: Networks anyt ::buffering:: ime soon. ::buffering::