Sling 3g for iPhone, Just in Time for March Madness
Posted on 17 February 2010
Slingbox on the iPhone
This morning I noticed a new update was available for my iPhone in the App Store for Slingbox. I about fell on the floor when reading the release notes which simply said “enables 3G”. Over the past several months AT&T has enabled (allowed Apple to enable) MMS on the iPhone and now has given their blessing to stream audio/video over their network via Sling. So today on my drive to work, I streamed television onto my phone not necessarily because I wanted to listen to it as I drove down the road, but because I could. Technology is a wonderful thing when it’s allowed to be an enabler.
For those that don’t know, Slingbox is a device ($150) that you can install in your home, that allows you to access your television lineup from your computer or phone. In 2006 I spent several weeks in South Africa during the month of March and it drove me nuts that I couldn’t watch any of March Madness from my computer. When I got home I did a little research and discovered Sling Media. Over the next three years I pretty much lived the life of a consultant out of a suitcase, and the purchase of the Slingbox was a no-brainer. In the summer of 2009 Sling was added to the App Store, the gotcha however was that AT&T/Apple only allowed media to stream via a Wi-Fi connection. Today’s update now allows the phone to stream video via Wi-Fi or 3G.
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