Sling Media announces iPhone SlingPlayer application, HD Mac streaming
Well, Sling has gone and done it again. This time they’ve got some iPhone app nonsense for your TiVo-addicted souls. You might remember the initial “concept” version, but the new actual application was created within Apple’s SDK guidelines, thus making it App Store friendly. Sling is aiming to get this out in Q1, so let’s hope they make it this time. Pricing will most likely be the same as their other SlingPlayer Mobile applications — $29.99 — though they haven’t announced that yet.
If you’re a Mac user, they have also got somethin’ cooking for as well. Look forward to HD streaming through Sling.com. It’s essentially a web-based Mac SlingPlayer that links up just perfectly with your brand new PRO-HD box. Good stuff all around, guys.
That would be pretty sweet if they would have a pc app to stream from your pc over 3g too.
OMGWTFBBQ! Just when I was about to sell my Iphone they go and do this. If it only works with wifi that will suck but this is still great news. Now how about flash for the iphone.
That is dope. If it’s wifi only that is not dope. Which it probably will be only wifi because slot of people will want this app. Damn
I would bet my life on wifi only. At&t does not want this to be a network hog. Not to mention sling just released the app for blackberry’s and guess what! its wifi only. I can not imagine at&t releasing this over their weak 3G network.
I really hope the hardware has improve cause i gave this a try a year ago on a windows mobile phone and the picture quality was not good at all it was also slow as F*ck, the concept was good but the experience has pretty bad
YES!!!
Oh man, that would duck if it was Wifi only but I guess I’ll take that over nothing. At least I could watch more than now. Sprint so has an advantage over this. Plus why can all of ATT WM users do it and no Iphoners?!
Have all you gone mad? Do you honestly think the client will be wifi only? Dream on. 3G and wifi people.
Also whoever said the Bold version was wifi only just lost major geek points.
haha. I use SlingPlayer on my BlackBerry with 3G all the time and never have problems.
This app and all clients ( mac, pc, mobile devices, etc. ) should be free to support sales on the required set top boxes. Charging for these features in addition to the box is BS.
keymaker, you must have run Sling Mobile on TMobile’s EDGE because it runs very well on any network even slightly faster than that.
@MackMan37 – what are you talking about that the Blackberry Slingbox client is WiFi only? It isn’t and this won’t be either. Get your facts straight.
There’s a YouTube client on the phone. Bandwidth wise, this wouldn’t be much different.
BG I swear I’m going to see social security run out of funds by the time the RIM sling player client is available en masse. Non of this beta `schtuff.
Hell, I’ve even had pretty good success running the BlackBerry client on my 8320 with a strong EDGE connection.
P.S. BoyGenius, any word on the rumors going out there that the Curve 8900 will actually be released Feb. 11?
how is this within the sdk guidelines apples never going to approve it.
How come when I had a HTC WM6 phone with sling player Cingular/ATT had NO problem with streaming via 3G/HSPDA/WiFi, but all of a sudden its on the iPhone and now its all bad?! We pay for UNLIMITED data, so leave us alone and let us use our Data we PAY for! I used to pay as much for a data plan that I did for regular Cable internet at my house, the cell companies need some heavy regulation and price fixing in the USA, we are so far behind other counties its embarrassing…