SlingPlayer for iPhone: A ray of hope?

Could it actually be coming? A search at the iTunes App store for Sling Media brings up the name of the company, but no application attached to the name. That's a pretty healthy sign that the SlingMobile app for the iPhone and iPod touch is 'in the system', although I wouldn't call it proof positive the app has been or is about to be accepted.

It's been more than a month since the application was submitted to Apple for evaluation, and it has been a month of ups and downs. AT&T seemed to re-write its terms of service to eliminate Sling products on the network, but then AT&T relented. Then there was a rumor that the Sling app had been rejected, but that turned out to be an apparent hoax.

The last we heard, the folks at Sling Media say everything is just peachy, and be patient. The fresh listing of the company at the App Store is a good, but not definitive sign. Hopefully, it is not another chimera, and we'll all be streaming our media to our iPhones and iPod touches soon.

Thanks to Bryan Hill for the tip and the eagle eyes.

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Drew

Sorry for the bad spelling in my above post. Anyway, I'll take any version of slingplayer mobile for iPhone. Let's just get it out of the gate. Wifi only would be fine for a first version. I know that I could have been using it quite a lot in the last month wifi only. A crappy stripped down version would be better than none at all. At least that's my feelings on the matter. I could have been catching up on my shows and enjoying live news and sports via my place of works wifi. I know 3g would be a great addition but as the saying goes "you shouldn't cut off your nose to spite your face". JUST RELEASE THE APP ALREADY.î„’ please

May 08 2009 at 11:47 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Tony

The recent change to the ATT TOS applies to ALL users and is not specific to iPhone. It will be interesting to see the fallout, considering that SlingPlayer is already available for many other ATT phones and Orb (comparable to SlingPlayer) has been available in the App Store since last fall.

I'm really not surprised that we're still waiting for the SlingPlayer app to be approved. It took over 2 months for Orb to get approved, and the initial version only supported Wifi. I hope that they don't neuter the SlingPlayer app to support Wifi only, but I'd guess that the initial version will not support 3G. That's not really a problem, as voipoverip can be used to fake it out and provide 3G support (as long as you are willing to jailbreak).

May 08 2009 at 9:59 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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LifeSux

it has already been neutered. it won't work with the sling boxes that the majority of us have. may this app rot in limbo.

May 09 2009 at 6:48 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Drew

So is AT&T going to ban slingplayer for all of the non iPhone models that currently use it? I foresee many a pitchfork if all slingplayer mobile apps are banned, which they should be if it is banned from the iPhone. I see this as selective profiling, in today pollicately correct world how can iPhone users be targeted? Kinda makes one wonder

May 08 2009 at 7:34 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Jonathon

John is right.

http://clarkhoward.com/shownotes/2009/05/08/15716/

May 08 2009 at 6:02 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

john

not gonna happen unless its wifi only. I just heard on the radio a public relations executive from att say that they are banning any application on there network that "slings." He said no transfeering signals from tv to your mobile phone device. This was on the clark howard show

May 08 2009 at 5:15 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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swindler

AT&T CHANGED their terms of service again, about a week ago. It was reported in a couple of news blurbs, but I think everyone overlooked it because they thought it was a rehash of the old story from last month. I myself reported this to TUAW, and they ignored it.

But AT&T changed it for real this time. Here's a blurb I cut from their online TOS just a minute ago.

"...redirecting television signals for viewing on Personal Computers, web broadcasting, and/or for the operation of servers, telemetry devices and/or Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition devices is prohibited"

May 08 2009 at 9:02 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

rwdebes

when will be released the 3.0 upgrade ???

May 08 2009 at 3:34 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

joeS

Maybe it wasnt 3.0 ready and they are preparing it for new software due in July

May 08 2009 at 2:05 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

airmanchairman

My take?

Be excited, be very excited...

I'm with you @Tony Bowman:

Sling Mobile for iPhone is strictly a firmware 3.0 app, and is likely part of the "one more thing" wow factor that will accompany the changes coming in June.

May 08 2009 at 1:29 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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brian

i wonder what happens to all the people that upgraded their boxes because sling told them they had to, then the app gets denied

May 08 2009 at 1:06 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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WiiTodd

As much as I now hate Slingmedia... I'd feel sorry for upgraders.

May 08 2009 at 1:23 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Steve

It won't be denied - worst case is it will go in as wifi only

May 08 2009 at 3:12 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply