Comments on: Sling Gets Slung On Blackberries and in High Def

By: Ian

Ian — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 00:25:25 +0000

@Mike: Ever hear of a little thing called Wifi?

Anyway, I wrote a response earlier but I guess it never actually posted. I suppose I was a little quick to jump the gun poo-poo’ing EDGE. Sure, it’s dogged slow, especially since I live in the sticks, but I guess anything’s better than nothing. If I had a BB with wifi, I’d be all over this. But seeing as I’m switching over to the iPhone, now my only question is when is that going to get released?

So Dave, how about it? I’ll bake you cookies if that will speed up the process.

By: JD

JD — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 22:02:30 +0000

Used to stream over EDGE on my DASH all the time. It really was poor and the audio only come through good. OK for listening to games and such.

We want iPhone support!

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:19:18 +0000

@Ian: apropos iPhone, I guess you are also waiting for the 3G version of the iPhone as well since that also ‘only’ does EDGE so far…

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:24:13 +0000

Ian –

Seriously EDGE streaming isn’t that bad…. I tried it using the Palm client. Its actually good.

By: Chad

Chad — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:30:51 +0000

Can’t wait :)

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:52:06 +0000

You’re bringing me down! ;) Seriously, we only endorse 3G and WiFi connections for streaming. That’s the 8120 with WiFi pictured above. Having said that, if you’ll be at CES come find me for an EDGE (and WiFi) demo… you may be pleasantly surprised.

-DZ, Sling Media

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 07:17:56 +0000

Not to be the downer of the group, but can you imagine streaming on EDGE? Yikes.

When will we see a Slingplayer for iPhone? That’s what I want.