ABC’s App To Add 3G Streaming Video — Report

ABC’s App To Add 3G Streaming Video — Report

An update to ABC’s iPad app that adds 3G video streaming has already been submitted to the App Store.

The popular app will likely win Apple’s approval and will shortly be available as a free download. Since its launch a month ago, ABC’s app has been one of the most popular on the iPad, all owing users to enjoy high-quality streams of ABC’s hit shows, like Lost.

However, as we noted last week, the app works over Wi-Fi only. It will not stream video over AT&T’s 3G cell network. This came as a shock and surprise to new iPad 3G owners, who were also beginning to discover that other video services, like Netflix and Youtube, severely downgrade video quality when streaming over the cell network.

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  • A.J

    no they cant do it. Atandt is the problem.

  • Seth

    Was just able to watch Lost via my 3G connection. Good job ABC