AT&T Says SlingPlayer Mobile Over 3G A Go
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Feb 4, 2010, 8:21 AM by Eric M. Zeman
updated Feb 4, 2010, 9:08 AM
Updated: altered language to indicate that a new app exists.
Today AT&T said that it will allow a new, optimized version of the SlingPlayer Mobile application to operate over its 3G data network. Previously, the SlingPlayer Mobile application was restricted to work only over Wi-Fi. AT&T tested the application during the last months of 2009, and notified SlingPlayer that the new version of SlingPlayer Mobile has permission to use its 3G network to stream television from SlingBox's to end-users' handsets. AT&T has also notified Apple, which sells the application to iPhones, that the optimized application is free to run on AT&T's 3G network. None of the companies involved have said exactly when the new version will become available, what its cost will be, nor how much owners of the Wi-Fi-only app will have to pay to upgrade.
That Blue Map
"AT&T has also notified Apple, which sells the application to iPhones, that the optimized application is free to run on AT&T's 3G network."
-You mean that blue map from the Verizon commercials, with those tiny coverage spots on it? 😳
Yeah, the one that covers millions of people!
You have a right to make that comment, but it makes you appear to be a troll.
...Something is up...
Okay...I'm all about companies trying to better themselves, but I feel like something is up. First, AT&T started allowing VOIP for the iPhone. Now this?
Either Apple is pulling some strings and forcing some hands or AT&T is getting nervous about something and so they are allowing their customers do more.
...or maybe they are just bettering themselves? I dunno...but now I definitely have to get a Slingbox...
I think the answer is Verizon is the bully that kicked at&t's ass recently and now while he's got his back to at&t celebrating his defeat at&t is up and about to pounce.
I think AT&T is better equipped to handle the data intensive customers they've got now. They're loosening up because their network capacity is better catching up to the demand.
That's been AT&T's mantra the entire time- they're trying to even the ...
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I say FK U ATT, and I call it *FREEDOM*. I use my device how *I* want to use my device, not how some huge/greedy corporation tells me to.
Consumers rule!!!!!
looks like Verizon scares the pant out off ATT !
Verizon ads keep hyping they have 5 times more 3G coverage! ATT got to to something to keep their customers from leaving! ATT, you conter-ads against Verizon is not working!, all your ads do is defending yourself!, where verizon ads are funny!
Verizon ads WERE funny. Theyre overdoing the maps. The same way at&t overused the family with the little roll over minute clocks. Verizon is being backed into a corner because at&t isnt backing down. They still have the best smartphones. What goo...
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AT&T is Kicking Some Serious *Bleep*!
I like this BOLD AT&T! (Pun intended) Unlimited data for $29.99 on the ipad (Gah that name is horrible), Slingplayer and Skype apps able to use the AT&T 3G network now. AT&T is really feeling itself it seems. They apparently are confident that the $18 billion to $19 billion it plans to spend in 2010 upgrading its wireless and backhaul networks to handle the onslaught of new traffic will do the trick. I sure hope so, because they are playing for keeps. I am very impressed!
I agree, they may have a smaller 3G network but they might as well make it the best. 😁
yeah, I'm hoping this 3x more fiber to the cell sites will make a big difference! Well, we're in the 2nd month of 2010, get with it ATT, deliver these upgrades already! Don't make me wait til November/December neither!
app
i just want them to mirror the structure of the app for other phones - where the download is free, but you purchase a registration for it. i have a key that i can use from another device, but i am not paying $30 for the app.
Cool, but...
Won't this put even more strain on AT&T's network? I thought their network was having problems with the iPhone data capacity. I hope they're upgrading their network after all this.
If you had read any of the prev. articles about AT&T you'd read the part where they were working on the network pretty aggressively this year.
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