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iTunes Store requires WiFi

By Jacob Cohen | July 17, 2008

To access the iTunes store from an iPhone, you need to be connected via WiFi. It won’t let you connect over the 3G internet connection.

This restriction baffles me. Why would they do this? The 3G internet connection is perfectly fast enough. You can connect to the App store over 3G. It seems like they are leaving a lot of business on the table.

As an example, if you are listening to a song on Pandora, wouldn’t it be useful to be able to buy that song immediately from iTunes without having to wait until you’re connected to a WiFi network? And there are several applications already (such as Shazam) that will identify a song if you hold your phone up to the speakers for a moment. Wouldn’t it be useful to be able to buy that song right away?

It may very well be that there is some valid business reason for this, but from a customer’s point of view, I can’t see it.

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One Response to “iTunes Store requires WiFi”

  1. aretai Says:
    July 21st, 2008 at 8:42 am

    Maybe they do not have license for 3G? lol

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