SlingPlayer Mobile finally works on 3G

god I love this app more than anything.

to any fellow jailbreakers that have been using slingplayer mobile over 3G: is it just me, or is the video quality of the "official" slingplayer mobile that works on 3G worse than the previous version? or i might just be paranoid over what sling has done to the app to have it acceptable by AT&T.

I bought a sling player as soon as Sling Media announced they were working on an iPhone app. I knew from what I'd read on the Web that their mobile player for other devices worked great.

Imagine my disappointment not long after making that purchase when the news broke that streaming to the iPhone would only be available over WiFi. What a bummer. I still shelled out the money for the app, which at the time was the most expensive app I'd purchased. I've used it sparingly over the year or so since then. If I'm under a WiFi umbrella, odds are I'm somewhere near a television as well. I didn't have much use for the sling mobile app. Also, the quality wasn't that impressive. I preferred to stream to my PC at work.

Today, however, changes everything.

I am very impressed with the quality of the 3G stream. It is much, much better than what the WiFi stream was before this update. (And, trust me, it wasn't for lack of broadband speed ... my FiOS connection F's streaming in the A.)

If you've been on the fence as to buying a sling player or getting the sling app, don't wait any longer. It is awesome. The only negative now is what it does to your battery. It also makes your iPhone quite hot after a while.

This update is incredible.

Now, if only AT&T could get around to doing this with their U-Verse service....

Works on O2 UK! Yay!!

Sam

I tested the updated app on T-Mobile EDGE and it works there as well, woo hoo. It's not the best but at least it tries :)

Well, I've been waiting patiently for this update. I have Dish Network (who owns Slingmedia) and their DVR 722k which supposedly is ready for the forthcoming Sling 700u USB device that supposedly just plugs into the DVR to make it into a Slingbox. The 700u isn't released yet. Hope they get that to market sooner than it took to get 3G. I'll be first in line to buy it.

Looks like I'll be buying a slingbox in the near future...

Jail-breaking is not a priority for me now.

Although I do love pro-switcher, the emulators, and SBSettings. Not to mention the ability to do anything I want with the phone. I can do the basic functions that I do now on my phone.

As someone who travels instate frequently, it was nice on the way home to start watching a sports game, or even if I was at a family function I didn't have to hog a whole TV to watch something I was waiting for.

Now Apple just has to tackle multi-tasking and an easier way of disabling wifi, bluetooth and 3G .....(cough*cough* SBSettings*cough cough) and myself, and a bunch of other people would be happy.

Ummmmm.... Mel.... you didn't just turn WiFi off to test instead? :-p