Slingbox Classic and SlingPlayer iPhone
My last post about Sling Media and their rumoured decision to not allow the highly anticipated Slingplayer to work with the iPhone seems to have been premature.
When the software was finally released on 7th May 2009, Sling confirmed that the software simply ‘will not be supported’ for the iPhone and iPod touch with older devices (like my own Slingbox Classic). It has to be said the software works perfectly, with my iPhone now streaming TV from my Sky+ box (as seen above). Sadly, due to restrictions placed by AT&T in America on the use of streaming TV over their network, Sling Media restricted the software at the last minute, meaning the software only works over WiFi.
There are however hacks available to get around this, although it does require a Jailbreak of the phone, something i’m personally holding back on for now. Streaming works surprisingly well, with swipe gestures to change channels and full pause/rewind, record, Sky Anytime and Planner functionality from my Sky+ box in the UK and i really can’t recommend the software highly enough for TV on the go.
As at the time of this post, the software itself hadn’t sold as well as originally anticipated and that’s likely to do with the restrictions on using it over a cellular network, but I'm still hopeful of the removal of this limitation at some point in the not too distant future You can find the sofware for purchase from the iTunes AppStore, currently at 17.99GBP