Slingbox player for iPhone submitted to App Store

The long-awaited Slingbox Slingplayer application for the iPhone has been submitted to the Apple’s AppStore, according to Slingbox’s website.  Applied Gadgetry won’t be able to resist temptation and put  up the new player head to head with our current Hava/Orb setup.  It’s not exactly a fair comparison, but it will have to do until Hava can get their native player out as well - hopefully for the end of the second quarter.

The big question about the Slingbox app other than the normal interface, streaming quality, and overall responsiveness - how much is this thing going to cost?  Hava has reportedly said that they won’t charge for their iPhone app, and SlingMedia currently charges a steep $40 for their application other mobile devices.

Before the App Store came around and bottomed out the price of mobile software, $40 wasn’t that uncommon for a good app.  That was necessary in order for software companies that wrote what many times amounted to “botique software” to make a profit.  Now with iTunes’ amazing distribution capabilities, you can charge a fraction of the original price and get a huge response for a much larger install base.

Let’s just hope SlingMedia can keep up with the inevitable flood of support requests on their website, and that their software is relatively bug-free.

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