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appleinsider.com - 5/12/2009

SlingPlayer for iPhone to sell for $30 and support WiFi only

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Apple sometime in the next 24 hours will release Sling Media's highly anticipated SlingPlayer application for the iPhone onto its App Store but the software will arrive without 3G wireless support, AppleInsider has been able to confirm.

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MacDailyNews:  $30 WiFi -only SlingPlayer iPhone app to be released within the next 24-hours

TechCrunch:  A Consumer iPhone App That Boldly Goes Beyond The $9.99 Threshold

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wired.com - 5/12/2009

Apple Cripples, Approves SlingPlayer iPhone App

— wired.com — An iPhone version of SlingPlayer, a popular TV streaming service, will be appearing in the App Store on Wednesday morning, according to a Sling spokesman. A previous rumor that Apple would reject the application appears to have been true, as Sling ... (more) Apple Cripples, Approves SlingPlayer iPhone App

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engadget.com - 5/12/2009

SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone coming shortly: $29.99, no 3G support

— engadget.com — After what has become one of the longer (and certainly one of the highest-profile) App Store approval delays, SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone has finally gotten Apple's blessing -- with some serious changes under the hood. Most importantly, 3G ... (more) SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone coming shortly: $29.99, no ...

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apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com - 5/15/2009

Pushing the App Store price envelope

— apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com — SlingPlayer on App Store For people who had been waiting since January to watch TV on their iPhones, price doesn’t seem to have been an object. Within a day of its release Wednesday, SlingPlayer Mobile for the iPhone had shot to the No. 10 spot on ... (more) Pushing the App Store price envelope

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$30 WiFi -only SlingPlayer iPhone app to be released within the next 24-hours
MacDailyNews — ... rumors that AT had asked Apple to deny the software in its original form because the carrier was concerned about the app's potential to saturate its 3G network," Lane reports. "Those rumors appear to have been true. AppleInsider spoke to SlingMedia on Tuesday and confirmed that Apple will push the application onto the App Store sometime between 12:00 a.m. and 6:00 am eastern time tomorrow... The version Apple approved is WiFi-only," Lane reports. More details in the full article here .

A Consumer iPhone App That Boldly Goes Beyond The $9.99 Threshold
TechCrunch — ... . But what’s odd, as AppleInsider notes, is that SlingPlayer has an app for other phones like some BlackBerrys that lets it stream video over 3G — yes, on AT&T’s network. So it would appear that AT&T is showing bias against the iPhone, which has users that tend to use up more bandwidth. ...