SlingPlayer for iPhone – iPod Touch and All the BUZZ Around it! (Play TV on Mobile)

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May 14, 2009 ||

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Here is an iPhone App (SlingPlayer), that’s managed to create a lot of buzz on the day it was launched, reason? Many! (Best iPhone Apps)

For one it’s an uncommon iPhone App that lets you Watch and Control home TV and DVR from your iPhone or iPod Touch and another reasons for the buzz is that AT&T has restricted this App from working on its 3G network.

Lets first talk about what the application can do before we get to what AT&T did to it and why.

Unlike other applications which let you watch limited number of TV channels for a price, SlingPlayer for iPhone lets you watch everything you watch on your home TV.

Watch TV on Mobile The application connects with a device called SlingBox which sits at home and connects to the TV and internet to grant access to any mobile application trying to access the media content on the TV at home.

SlingPlayer lets you fully control your TV and DVR from anywhere in the world via WiFi.

Also, keep in mind that SlingPlayer connects to SlingBox which is restricted to one connection at a time. So if multiple members of the family are trying to connect and watch TV, that probably isn’t possible.

Watch the video below to see SlingPlayer for iPhone in action..

SlingPlayer for iPhone and iPod Touch is currently available on iTunes and costs about $29, a little pricy but I think it’s worth it especially if you are a TV addict. Click here to visit AppStore to buy SlingPlayer for iPhone.

Now here is that AT&T did to make this application less useful for the buyers. It restricted its functionality to work on WiFi only, meaning SlingPlayer which can very well work on 3G is not allowed to work using AT&T’s 3G network.

The official explanation from AT&T was that their network is not powerful enough to handle the load, while one would think that probably might be true, there is more than meets the eye.

The same application which works on BlackBerry has complete access to the AT&T’s 3G network, then why not iPhone?

Another reason as Gizmodo reported is that AT&T is working on its own version of SlingPlayer for iPhone called “i-Verse” which works with their U-Verse TV Solution [link]

So that’s that about SlingPlayer for iPhone and iPod Touch a good application falling victim of its competitors and double standards of a giant corporation.

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