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[ PRIVACY Forum ] AT&T: Google Hangouts video chat support coming
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Tue May 21 12:41:59 2013
Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 09:22:40 -0700
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AT&T: Google Hangouts video chat support coming later this year
http://j.mp/12Jw0cO (Fierce Mobile Content)
AT&T is now clarifying its position, indicating it will lift
restrictions on preloaded apps. "For video chat apps that come
pre-loaded on devices, we currently give all OS and device makers the
ability for those apps to work over cellular for our customers who are
on Mobile Share or Tiered plans. Apple, Samsung and BlackBerry
(NASDAQ:BBRY) have chosen to enable this for their pre-loaded video
chat apps," the carrier said in a statement Monday. "And by mid-June,
we'll have enabled those apps over cellular for our unlimited plan
customers who have LTE devices from those three manufacturers.
Throughout the second half of this year, we plan to enable pre-loaded
video chat apps over cellular for all our customers, regardless of
data plan or device; that work is expected to be complete by year end.
Today, all of our customers can use any mobile video chat app that
they download from the Internet, such as Skype."
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The distinction between pre-loaded app and downloaded app strikes me
as entirely artificial in this context.
--Lauren--
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