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AT&T rumored to have killed SlingPlayer for iPhone
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis —
... may have been dire enough to push AT&T to act - asking Apple to reject the SlingPlayer iPhone application.
The rest of the smartphone world has been pulling down place-shifted TV broadcasts for ages, but the SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone application was only announced a couple months ago at Mobile World Congress. Alas, this rumor, if true, will keep the iPhone out of reach of Sling Media (possibly until AT&T rolls out HSPA+).
[BGR via: MobilityToday]
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Rumour: Has AT&T or Apple pulled SlingPlayer iPhone App?
Phones Review —
... It appears that certain mobile carriers have a large say in what gets allowed into the Apple iTunes App Store, as a report by BGR has it that SlingPlayer for iPhone has been given the order of the boot. ...
SlingPlayer for iPhone: Another One Bites The Dust?
Today @ PC World —
... of iPhone apps banned from the App Store. Reports this morning say that, at AT&T's request, Apple has made an executive decision to stop SlingPlayer from getting into the Apple App Store. [image] ...
SlingPlayer for iPhone may be facing opposition from AT&T
AppleInsider —
... touted its turnaround times on certifying applications for inclusion on the download service, saying it had approved 96% of apps submitted during the preceding two weeks, with 98% of those apps seeing approval in less than 7 days. So by the company's own standards, SlingPlayer's approval status has fallen below the curve. Now, a new -- albeit unconfirmed -- report is fueling speculation that something may have gone awry during the application's approval process. BGR is citing an unverified source who claims that Apple plans to deny the application in its current form ...
SlingPlayer iPhone App Might Be Delayed by AT&T [IPhone Apps]
Gizmodo —
Sling submitted their iPhone app almost a month ago. Rumors suggested it was rejected altogether thanks to AT&T.; Sling says they've gotten no word from Apple either way. But it's definitely looking delayed right now. While it's designed to work over Wi-Fi and 3G—like that rumored and delicious Hulu app—AppleInsider suggests it might need to be Wi-Fi only to appease AT&T;, who fears what it would do to its network. After all, at best its retracted Skype-and-Sling-banning terms of service update was a Freudian slip. ...
E nada de o SlingPlayer ser aprovado pela Apple…
MacMagazine —
... , e até agora nenhuma resposta da Apple. Curiosamente, na semana passada surgiu até mesmo um rumor de que a AT&T teria obrigado a Apple a bani-lo, mas logo soube-se pela própria Sling Media que nenhum feedback havia sido dado ainda. ...
SlingPlayer iPhone App Finally Arrives, Costs $30 [Streaming Video]
Lifehacker —
[image] Nearly a month after Sling's iPhone app to stream shows and control your home SlingBox DVR was supposedly banned by AT for network-clogging concerns , SlingPlayer Mobile actually shows up for $30, and it works over Wi-Fi only. It might make for a nice addition to Sling's streaming web site , but it suggests the idea of ever-present video streaming might have to wait until cellular data problems are worked out. [via PC World ]
