, they have announced that the iPad version of the popular SlingPlayer Mobile application is now available for download from the
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Slingplayer allows users to watch TV on the 9.7 inch display of the iPad, thereby giving users a very “personalized” TV experience.
“, the app is compatible with Slingbox SOLO and PRO HD set top boxes. Apart from watching shows over wireless networks, users can also change channels and even control their DVR (more…)

“, the app is compatible with Slingbox SOLO and PRO HD set top boxes. Apart from watching shows over wireless networks, users can also change channels and even control their DVR – all from within the app.
There are a couple of new features on the iPad version of the App that differentiates it from the iPhone version. These include a revamped program guide and a very handy recent channels option that will quickly let you hop on to a recently watched (more…)

SlingPlayer will be releasing the app for the iPad as a separate applicationrather than as a universal app. This means thatyou will have to shell out $30even if you have already purchased the iPhone for $30.
SlingMedia has also confirmed that the iPad version would only work with Slingbox PRO-HD and Slingbox SOLO, since iPad supports higher resolution content, which are not supported on older hardware.
As of now, there is no word as to when the (more…)

Another significant patent awarded to Apple relates to the iPad's broadband antenna that overcomes problems faced with traditional antennas where a wide range of communication bands may not be covered without noticing a significant drop in radio-frequency performance. Apple 's broadband antenna for the iPad with a coupled feed avoids radio-frequency interference with the help of an appropriate shielding mechanism.
It has been an eventful (more…)

Back then, AT&T had written:
“Since mid-December 2009, AT&T has been testing the app and has recently notified Sling Media — as well as Apple — that the optimized app can run on its 3G network”
This has been a long fought battle for Sling Media. You might recall that Apple refused to let the earlier version of the SlingPlayer Mobile app operate over AT&T's 3G network after the carrier claimed that the app would ”
“. This was contested (more…)

In the statement, AT&T wrote:
“Since mid-December 2009, AT&T has been testing the app and has recently notified Sling Media — as well as Apple — that the optimized app can run on its 3G network”
Back then, AT&T dismissed SlingPlayer Mobile as a bandwidth hungry application that ”
could create congestion and potentially prevent other customers from using the network.
Following this, Sling Media raised a complaint with the FCC accusing AT&T (more…)

. AT&T had issued an official statement that they had restricted the iPhone app to work only over Wi-Fi and not over 3G as it was concerned over bandwidth consumption.
for US and non-US gets Apple 's nod then it would give iPhone customers in the US (at least those who have a Slingbox) another reason to hate AT&T, which has already come under heavy criticism for the
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The new version of SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone (v1.1) will also allow (more…)