Anything on the Pre that has to do with using content from the web is sketchy at best right now. Its using default gstreamer functionality built into the webkit browser to play stuff right now.

If you ask me, it should work more like Windows mobile where the stream is opened in Media Player and Media Player does all the streaming. Hopefully the Palm Music and Movie apps will be updated to allow streams. Otherwise we will need specific apps to stream content from specific providers. I guess there is a trade-off, because it would be more flexible.

Expect a huge a firmware update when Palm releases the SDK. I imagine that the Pre firmware will have to have a rock solid feature set when this is released. Including better media functionality, better visibility between apps, and video capture support!

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