SlingPlayer

Sling—the streaming box that lets you use your cable subscription from anywhere—has completely redesigned its SlingPlayer app for Android and iOS to favor better discovery, with added social integration and new split-screen navigation. Sling will also be releasing an app for Windows 8.1 in December. And finally, you can now use your Slingbox with your…

SlingPlayer’s Android App Flings TV Shows to Honeycomb Tablets For $30

What price the luxury of watching Friends re-runs on your Android tablet? If you ask Sling Media, it’s $30, which is what they’re charging for the SlingPlayer app. Compatible with Honeycomb (and likely upcoming versions too), you must have a Slingbox to actually, y’know, sling TV shows to your tablet. [Android via TechCrunch] Our newest…

A Sneak Preview of SlingPlayer Mobile for iPad

We’ve got SlingPlayer apps available for our iPhone and Android devices, but soon we’ll be able to use SlingPlayer to stream media to our iPads as well. Here’s a preview of what that experience will be like. https://gizmodo.com/slingplayer-mobile-1-1-for-iphone-approved-and-heading-5342138

SlingPlayer Mobile Android App Available Tomorrow For $30

We were told it would come this summer and it’s finally here: The SlingPlayer Mobile Android app will be available tomorrow. It’ll cost $30 and let you stream your media over 3G, 4G, or Wi-Fi. Sling Media Launches SlingPlayer Mobile for Android Smartphones Application now delivers your home TV experience to Android phones anywhere you…

SlingPlayer Mobile For Android Looks Close (If You’re In The UK)

SlingPlayer’s Mobile app for Android is close to getting the ribbon-cutting treatment, if a sign-up page for interested Android users is anything to go by. This follows a job listing last year by Sling, wanting a designer experienced in Android. An iPhone app already exists for the popular throwing-TV-around-the-globe service, but if the job listing…

SlingPlayer Mobile 1.2 With 3G Streaming Now Available

Yes that’s right, you can now be a certified couch potato anywhere you find yourself with the new update to SlingPlayer Moblie, which can play back your DVR shows and control live TV from your iPhone or iPod Touch. Do you hear a faint fapping? That’s the sound of thousands of iPhone and iPod Touch…

Did AT&T Lie About SlingPlayer? [Update: Probably Not]

When AT&T announced it’s allowing SlingPlayer for the iPhone to stream video over 3G, CEO Ralph de la Vega said that Sling “revise[d] the app to make it more bandwidth sensitive.” Sling told Ars they didn’t change anything. Updated. https://gizmodo.com/slingplayer-iphone-app-finally-allowed-to-stream-tv-ove-5464089 Sling told Ars “AT&T never discussed any specific requirements with us” and that they’ve always…

SlingPlayer iPhone App Finally Allowed to Stream TV Over 3G

When the SlingPlayer iPhone app launched last May, it was hamstrung by AT&T’s insistence that it stream video only over Wi-Fi. It was an untenable position, given that MLB.com and others already stream over 3G. Today, finally, the carrier relented. https://gizmodo.com/slingplayer-mobile-for-iphone-review-wi-fi-only-30-5250885 This has been in the works since mid-December, and both companies still need Apple’s…

SlingPlayer Coming To WebOS and Android Phones?

Palm Pre and Android phone owners could be getting some Sling streaming television action if this Sling Media job listing reveals anything. The company is looking for a Mobile Interface Designer who has experience with Android and WebOS applications. The listing demands that an applicant for the position: Be knowledgeable about and/or interested in becoming…

SlingPlayer Mobile 1.1 for iPhone Approved and Heading to App Store

We’ve got word that the previously mentioned SlingPlayer Mobile 1.1 for the iPhone has been approved and will be available in the App Store “imminently.” There’s also clarification that this version is Wi-Fi only: https://gizmodo.com/slingplayer-1-1-for-iphone-adds-improved-widescreen-sp-5334347 There has been some confusion lately regarding whether this version would have 3G in the rest of the world which…

Slingplayer 1.1 For iPhone Adds Improved Widescreen, Speeds and DISH Integration

Sling just submitted the 1.1 version of Slingplayer, which we reviewed here, to the App Store. It’s going to have 16×9 widescreen, better remote, a faster connection for channel changing and remote control, plus DISH integration. https://gizmodo.com/slingplayer-mobile-for-iphone-review-wi-fi-only-30-5250885 The DISH stuff is new, and will connect directly to the DISH receiver to “draw” the guide on…

How to Hack the iPhone to Use SlingPlayer and Skype Over 3G

AT&T’s impotent network—and good ol’ fashioned greed make it do douchey things sometimes, like lock down SlingPlayer and Skype for the iPhone. But you can unlock their true 3G powers. https://gizmodo.com/at-t-uses-semantics-to-justify-locking-down-slingplayer-5251464 Step 1: Free Your Phone There are lots of reasons to jailbreak your phone. Skype and SlingPlayer over 3G is just one of them.…

Network Use Not the Only Reason For AT&T to Hate 3G iPhone SlingPlayer

Everyone may think that AT&T threw their fat around and made Apple lock down the SlingPlayer iPhone app because of AT&T’s lousy network, but a tipster tells us there’s a more nefarious reason at play. https://gizmodo.com/at-t-uses-semantics-to-justify-locking-down-slingplayer-5251464 While it is true that AT&T’s already clogged 3G pipes would burst into unusability if tons of people were…

AT&T Uses Semantics to Justify Locking Down SlingPlayer For iPhone

We all know that tens of thousands of iPhones streaming TV 3G from their Slingboxes would slow down AT&T’s already saggy network. What we don’t get is how AT&T is justifying their position. Here’s AT&T’s stance: Slingbox, which would use large amounts of wireless network capacity, could create congestion and potentially prevent other customers from…

SlingPlayer Mobile For iPhone Review (Wi-Fi Only, $30)

The SlingPlayer iPhone app is finally launching today! It’s going to be $30, Wi-Fi only (No 3G), but will work with older Slingboxes. https://gizmodo.com/sling-on-iphone-video-hands-on-395415 We’ve been testing the player for a couple weeks and it definitely works great. On Wi-Fi, it’s smooth—smoother and better looking than other Slingplayers for other mobiles—which is great, since that’s…

Sling Is “Optimistic” SlingPlayer iPhone App Will Be Approved Soon

Sling’s updated their SlingPlayer iPhone app page, saying they’re in “close contact” with Apple and are “optimistic” it’ll be approved soon. Sling submitted it over a month ago, so it’s pretty late. [Sling via 9to5Mac] https://gizmodo.com/sling-on-iphone-video-hands-on-395415

SlingPlayer iPhone App Might Be Delayed by AT&T

Sling submitted their iPhone app almost a month ago. Rumors suggested it was rejected altogether thanks to AT&T. Sling says they’ve gotten no word from Apple either way. But it’s definitely looking delayed right now. https://gizmodo.com/sling-on-iphone-video-hands-on-395415 While it’s designed to work over Wi-Fi and 3G—like that rumored and delicious Hulu app—AppleInsider suggests it might need…

AT&T’s Lame New Terms of Service Hate Mobile Video From Sling and P2P

That AT&T’s new terms of service for wireless frowns on snagging video over P2P isn’t surprising, but the fact that it effectively prohibits Slinging video to phones is mildly shocking and definitely lame. Here’s the dirty clause, uncovered by Public Knowledge: This means, by way of example only, that checking email, surfing the Internet, downloading…

SlingPlayer for iPhone Submitted to App Store, BlackBerry Version Exits Beta

Sling announced that they have finally submitted their SlingPlayer app for the iPhone to the App Store for approval. If everything goes well, it should be out soon. In addition, the SlingPlayer app for BlackBerry is also no longer in beta and hits version 1.0 today. [TUAW and Engadget]

Sling Monitor HD Display Slurps Up Video Wirelessly Anywhere in Your House

Why hasn’t Sling done this sooner? The Sling Monitor is a 15-inch HD display that you can Sling video to from Dish’s 1TB SlingLoaded 922 DVR over Wi-Fi. https://gizmodo.com/dish-network-vip-922-1-terabyte-hd-dvr-comes-slingloade-5126046