Will Apple ever adopt Slingbox?

[mstape]

Has anyone heard of anything involving slingbox on the iPhone ? I would love to be able to stream live T.V. on that beautiful screen. It would be great work work when im missing an important cavaliers game.

 

[420greg]

Has anyone heard of anything involving slingbox on the iPhone ? I would love to be able to stream live T.V. on that beautiful screen. It would be great work work when im missing an important cavaliers game.

The was a press release from Slingmedia a few weeks before the iPhone was released about their interest in building a Sling player for the iPhone.

I have a slingbox and it looks great on my friends BlackJack.

Let me see if I can find the link.

 

[mstape]

Thanks - I think this would be sweet - but it looks like they are kinda down on the edge network. No surprise there. It would probably have to be the same quality as the videos that are on the youtube function. They look descent when im on a wifi connection - but are pretty crappy when using edge -

 

[Indy]

I like this idea very much.

 

[Magicman]

The was a press release from Slingmedia a few weeks before the iPhone was released about their interest in building a Sling player for the iPhone.

Slinging on an iPhone would be awesome. Hope it comes through. I have a sling box and have been trying to find a workaround but not being as smart as the avarage bear isn't helping.

Magicman

 

[mcaram16]

I think if the iPhone came out for verizon we'd already have the sling media....i'm pretty sure ATT will fight against this! EDGE being as slow and pathetic as a 56k modem would never be able to handle it! I certainly doubt that you'd be able to watch 5 min of a show without wanting to throw the iPhone across the room because the picture would be horrible (even worse than utube when your on EDGE)!

 

[edstroyer]

This is one of the reasons I returned my iPhone, "I couldn't take being without Slingmedia".

I currently Sling using an 8525 on AT&T's (so-Called) 3G network with very few hiccups!

Once the iPhone is 3G and Slingbox capable, I'll give it another try!

 

[tzhourdeka]

What about the Location Player? I would love watching TV on long car rides.

 

[CRSullivan21]

What about the Location Player? I would love watching TV on long car rides.

What is the 'Location Player'?

I'd love to see Slingbox working with the iPhone (even if it needs to be done solely with WiFi), but I'm concerned that Apple will restrict this due to a desire to sell AppleTV.

Also, how much will AT&T be concerned about the use of Slingbox when there are probably many users already using tools like MyCast.Orb?

Thanks for any information! I've had the iPhone for only a couple weeks, but I'm enjoying it greatly and I'm looking forward to all the upcoming advancements.

 

[divabimbers]

What is the 'Location Player'?.

It's Sony's answer to Slingbox, the major difference being that LocationFree also streams to PSP as well although there are other differences but that one stands out the most. Or at least it does to me.

 

[x999x]

In a nutshell, sling would overlap Apple's own AppleTV, irregardless if they are on different platforms. Sadly for us, that only leaves software alternatives like Orb and Telekinesis with settings to scoop up your TV programs through many many hoops and lots of jumping.