http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/slingplayer-mobile-for-iphone-coming-shortly-29-99-no-3g-supp/ Engadget HD Comments for SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone coming shortly: $29.99, no 3G support http://hd.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://hd.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/slingplayer-mobile-for-iphone-coming-shortly-29-99-no-3g-supp/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/slingplayer-mobile-for-iphone-coming-shortly-29-99-no-3g-supp/May 12th 2009 1:44PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/slingplayer-mobile-for-iphone-coming-shortly-29-99-no-3g-supp/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/slingplayer-mobile-for-iphone-coming-shortly-29-99-no-3g-supp/May 12th 2009 2:04PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/slingplayer-mobile-for-iphone-coming-shortly-29-99-no-3g-supp/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/slingplayer-mobile-for-iphone-coming-shortly-29-99-no-3g-supp/May 12th 2009 2:58PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/slingplayer-mobile-for-iphone-coming-shortly-29-99-no-3g-supp/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/slingplayer-mobile-for-iphone-coming-shortly-29-99-no-3g-supp/May 12th 2009 3:41PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/slingplayer-mobile-for-iphone-coming-shortly-29-99-no-3g-supp/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/slingplayer-mobile-for-iphone-coming-shortly-29-99-no-3g-supp/May 13th 2009 4:57AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/slingplayer-mobile-for-iphone-coming-shortly-29-99-no-3g-supp/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/slingplayer-mobile-for-iphone-coming-shortly-29-99-no-3g-supp/
With WiFi-only, the Sling App is pretty much worthless. I am rarely around WiFi when I am not at home, in which case I'll just turn on the TV.

What would lead to this decision?

AT&T allows other phones to stream Sling content over 3G.
Apple wants to make money and has no good reason, short of battery life considerations, to exclude an app that streams video.
Sling will realize the mistake of not including 3G right away, but have no control over that.

My only thought is that AT&T has a similar app for uVerse and they are trying to limit the competition.

I don't even own a Slingbox and it is frustrating!]]>May 12th 2009 4:45PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/slingplayer-mobile-for-iphone-coming-shortly-29-99-no-3g-supp/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/slingplayer-mobile-for-iphone-coming-shortly-29-99-no-3g-supp/May 12th 2009 7:16PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/slingplayer-mobile-for-iphone-coming-shortly-29-99-no-3g-supp/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/slingplayer-mobile-for-iphone-coming-shortly-29-99-no-3g-supp/
F U AT&T]]>May 12th 2009 5:16PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/slingplayer-mobile-for-iphone-coming-shortly-29-99-no-3g-supp/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/slingplayer-mobile-for-iphone-coming-shortly-29-99-no-3g-supp/I am REALLY starting to hate my iPhone. What I mean by that is I hate AT&T. If I was ever alone with the CEO of AT&T wireless, well lets just say, his loved ones would be upset with me.

I'm seriously thinking of dumping my iPhone, and when Apple decides not to be AT&Ts B*TCH and use Verizon, I'll re-buy my iPhone and love it.

If I wanted to watch the Sling on Wifi, I'd use my laptop. And if I want to watch it on a cellular network, then Verizon Blackberry here I come.

Wouldn't it be a slap in the face to apple and at&t is the Palm Pre on sprint supports it over 3G. ]]>May 12th 2009 6:34PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/slingplayer-mobile-for-iphone-coming-shortly-29-99-no-3g-supp/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/slingplayer-mobile-for-iphone-coming-shortly-29-99-no-3g-supp/May 12th 2009 9:56PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/slingplayer-mobile-for-iphone-coming-shortly-29-99-no-3g-supp/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/slingplayer-mobile-for-iphone-coming-shortly-29-99-no-3g-supp/
When cell networks offer 100mbps connectivity and devices the size of mobile phones have HD capable chipsets perhaps sling will have an app worth 30 dollars.

Right now 3G is too slow and the iphone is too weak to handle something as awesome as watching TV painlessly. ]]>May 12th 2009 11:27PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/slingplayer-mobile-for-iphone-coming-shortly-29-99-no-3g-supp/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/slingplayer-mobile-for-iphone-coming-shortly-29-99-no-3g-supp/
In comparison, Skype for Windows Mobile and SlingPlayer for Windows Mobile DO have support for 3G and both work VERY well.

The mistake here is that removing 3G support on the iPhone is a serious blow in the mobile phone platform wars. Whomever made the decisions for Skype and SlingPlayer on iPhone, has one or more of the following characteristics:

a) Doesn't have a data plan on their personal phone
b) Thinks that iPhones are the only cell phones on the planet
c) Thinks that cellular based data communication (3G) doesn't exist

Stripping application functionality of the only two applictionas worth buying, is the reason why I don't own an iPhone. I happily use these apps on my Windows Mobile phone.

Steve Jobs, plesae take note of sales being negatively impacted by removal of 3G support. :(]]>May 12th 2009 11:47PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/slingplayer-mobile-for-iphone-coming-shortly-29-99-no-3g-supp/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/slingplayer-mobile-for-iphone-coming-shortly-29-99-no-3g-supp/May 13th 2009 1:24PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/slingplayer-mobile-for-iphone-coming-shortly-29-99-no-3g-supp/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/slingplayer-mobile-for-iphone-coming-shortly-29-99-no-3g-supp/
Downloaded Sling App free with Installous on Jail Broken phone.

Using 3gVoip mod I made the Sling App think it was always on wifi.

Streamed decent enough to watch content over T-Mobiles Edge network which I use the t-zones hack and have unlimited data.

So screw you AT&T, Apple, and Sling. ]]>May 13th 2009 2:57PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/slingplayer-mobile-for-iphone-coming-shortly-29-99-no-3g-supp/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/slingplayer-mobile-for-iphone-coming-shortly-29-99-no-3g-supp/May 13th 2009 4:35PM