TV fans will soon be watching their favourite shows live on Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch. We just had a chat with an extremely senior source at Sling, who said: “iPhone and iPod touch are OS X devices, and we can write OS X apps with our eyes closed. It’s coming.”
Specific dates for the new software are fuzzy at best, but with Steve Jobs having pledged a development kit by February, and due to take to the stage at Macworld in less than a week, we’d expect it extremely soon.
Strangely, our source said the iPod touch could provide a better platform for Slingplayer, thanks to its exclusive Wi-Fi connection. The company appears to be concerned that Edge is not fast enough to stream TV at acceptable quality, resulting in a poor experience for customers.
“We know the 3G iPhone’s coming” said our source, “so that’ll obviously be better. But for now the iPod touch could end up being the best way to use Slingplayer.”
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