All Things iPhone

MLB Streaming App

Major League Baseball took another step in proving its technical superiority over the other three major sports leagues Wednesday, by connecting its wired MLB.TV subscription package with its At Bat iPhone application.

Beginning Wednesday, MLB will stream every single regular and postseason baseball game to fans via the $9.99 iPhone and iPod Touch application it initially released last year. Customers who already subscribe to MLB.TV and MLB.TV Premium packages–its online baseball viewing service–can now watch any game live from their phone or computer. The games will be streamed over the iPhone or iPod’s Wi-Fi connection or 3G network. Games can be paused and rewound while playing.

Just after the iPhone OS 3.0 update was released in June, MLB added the feature that any purchasers of the At Bat app would get one free streamed game per week chosen by MLB, no MLB.TV subscription required. It took a little over a month to add the MLB.TV package, which streams 15 live games at a time.

The same rules of MLB.TV still apply however: if a game is blacked out in a local broadcast area, it won’t be available to be streamed live, though the game will appear in the video archives at the conclusion of the game.

[via CNET]

Wired.com claims that the next generation iPod Touch will contain both a video camera as well as a built-in microphone:

A well-connected source tells us those rumors are on the money, and that Apple’s factories in China are already manufacturing iPod Touch models with integrated cameras and microphones. An Apple spokesman declined to comment when reached by phone.

In retrospect, the inclusion of a built-in microphone is obvious if the reports of the inclusion of a video camera are to be believed. It has been rumored that the next generation iPod touch will incorporate a video camera when it is updated later this year.

The inclusion of a built-in microphone would make it much easier to take advantage of voice-over-IP applications for the iPod Touch. This would allow the iPod Touch to essentially become a Wi-Fi mobile phone, allowing you to make voice phone calls over the internet when in range of a hotspot. While the currently shipping iPod Touch does support microphones, in order to take advantage of it, an external accessory is required. Apple typically refreshes the iPod Touch in September each year.

Anyone up for one of these new iPod Touches and a MIFI from Verzion?

[Via MacRumors]

Apple has just released a Knowledge Base document detailing a number of potential fixes for one of the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth problems that have plagued iPod touch and iPhone handhelds. The article specifically addresses the inability to use Wi-Fi or Bluetooth due to not seeing the Bluetooth or Wi-Fi address on the device. This includes getting a Wi-Fi signal but not being able to access the Internet, not being able to pair a Bluetooth device, and having the Wi-Fi or Bluetooth icon grayed out.