發文時間2010/02/05. Tags: 3g, apple, AT&T, iphone, iphone 3g, iphone 3gs, SlingPlayer
網路電話開放了,那下一個開放的對象是?今天一早,AT&T宣布3G網路支援SlingPlayer。預計類似的運作架構的軟體Eye TV可能也會陸續開放。
SlingPlayer如虎添翼]
還不了解SlingBox和SlingPlayer讀者可以參考:http://www.slingmedia.com.tw/intro.html
簡單的說,SlingBox是一個裝置,連接家裡的有線電視和網路,在不用開啟任何電視、電腦的情況下,舊可以從遠端看到家中的第四台。
SlingPlayer是iPhone端的收看軟體,當初SlingPlayer剛上市的時候只能使用WiFi網路,這一點被批評的體無完膚,因為要遠端享受和在家中一樣看電視的感覺,當然人一定是在戶外。如果只能連接WiFi,表示所在地點應該是辦公室、教室、學校、會議廳、大型運輸系統等等地區,這樣的地方不是無法看電視不然就是那邊也有電視可以看。就算台北市都有無線網路WiFly的訊號,使用者需要付費才有辦法使用,等於被撥了兩次皮。
如今AT&T終於同意開放了,開放3G網路後SlingPlayer不再綁手綁腳,真的可以隨時隨地透過行動網路觀賞家中的有線頻道。根據官方的消息,AT&T從09年的11月開始與Sling Media公司接觸,希望能讓SlingPlayer的程式優化,如此一來才有辦法開放給3G網路使用。經過大約3個月的測試,終於AT&T許可SlingPlayer使用自家的行動網路。
這個成功的合作有讓AT&T有信心使用相同模式和其他公司合作,例如Eye TV或是類似需要大寬頻的軟體。此外AT&T預計將在3月底前公布軟體如何優化,讓許多需要網路影音的軟體可以更快速的發表,並且改善行動網路狀況。
這項開放的確對使用者有利,而iPhone使用者可以延伸的服務也將更廣。不知道是否AT&T最近的開放和爭取iPhone下一代的代理權有關,至少對於消費者而言是個好現象。
Apple News | AT&T Approves SlingPlayer Mobile App for 3G
Thursday, 4th February 2010, 10:02 am
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AT&T today announced that its 3G mobile broadband network will support Sling Media, Inc.’s SlingPlayer Mobile app.
Sling Media revised its wireless app to make efficient use of 3G network bandwidth – and to conserve the finite wireless spectrum available to the wireless industry. 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. The SlingPlayer Mobile app already is available for use today on AT&T’s Wi-Fi network, the nation’s largest with more than 20,000 hotspots.
“Key for us is Sling Media was willing to work with us to revise the app to make it more bandwidth sensitive. They made important changes to more efficiently use 3G network bandwidth and conserve wireless spectrum so that we were able to support the app on our 3G mobile broadband network,” said Ralph de la Vega, president and CEO, AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets.
”Just as we’ve worked with Sling Media in this instance, we look forward to collaborating with other developers so that mobile customers can access a wider, more bandwidth-sensitive, and powerful range of applications in the future. Collaboration with developers like Sling Media ensures that all apps are optimized for our 3G network to conserve wireless spectrum and reduce the risk that an app will cause such extreme levels of congestion that they disrupt the experience of other wireless customers. Our focus continues to be on delivering the nation’s most advanced mobile broadband experience and giving our customers the widest possible array of mobile applications.”
“We’re delighted with AT&T’s decision to approve the SlingPlayer Mobile app on their 3G network,” said John Gilmore, senior vice president and general manager at Sling Media. “SlingPlayer Mobile on AT&T’s 3G network gives customers the best experience possible for watching their home TV while on the go.”
AT&T will provide developers with wireless network optimization requirements for video and other applications by the end of the first quarter via its AT&T Developers Program website.