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What app has Samsung "bought"? Genuine curiosity
by Oletros 13y ago
What app has Samsung "bought"? Genuine curiosity
- georgemcbay 13y agoI'm not aware of them outright buying any apps, but they did make a deal with the ITV Player people to make the newest versions of that app Samsung device specific for a pretty substantial period of time. Of course, I've never even heard of ITV Player until that deal became public and it is a two-star app on the app store, so I'm not sure that matters much in the great scheme of things.
- Oletros 13y agoWell, the pretty substantial period of time is until August 31 and is almost a betatesting period according to ITV themselves: "ITV says it's offering the app exclusively to Samsung "for an initial period while we endeavor to optimize and improve the experience before releasing to other device manufacturers."" http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/09/samsung-itv-player-android-app-exclusive/ http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/09/samsung-itv-player-androi...
- koyote 13y agoWow, I had not even seen that. I do not know how I feel about this. ITV is one of the biggest TV stations in the UK and their mobile player being Samsung only is pretty aggravating: "Our intention is to extend this supported device list to as many Samsung devices as we can and to that end, we would appreciate your feedback." Am I now a second-class citizen on android for having an (LG) Nexus device? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.ITVMobilePlayer https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.ITVMobileP...
- mcintyre1994 13y agoFor the UK this is more significant than you may be aware of based solely off its app/rating. ITV is the biggest independent TV network here.