After finally issuing a version of its
TWC TV app for Android tablets and phones (sans-live TV streaming,
for now) Time Warner Cable has finally made its iOS version, which launched last March on the iPad, compatible with the iPhone and iPod Touch. There's no additional charge for the app which allows for the aforementioned live TV viewing (as long as you're on your home WiFi) and DVR scheduling, and the accompanying blog post reveals the available list of channels has reached 196. We should probably mention that the app is unlikely to play nicely with any jailbroken iOS devices it encounters, so some extra hackery may be in order to get things working there. Otherwise, Time Warner customers can grab it now from iTunes
TWC subscribers can choose from watching the television they pay for in their house on the 42-inch television, a 10-inch iPad, or a 4-inch iPhone. I wonder which will give you the best viewing, the big television, or an iPhone really close to your face? Streaming television to your iPAd or iPhone is always a cool thing to have available to you when you are on a bus, or waiting for one but not in your house, that is why we all but televisions. Working at DISH during the last year, I saw providers from across the industry release the same app as TWC launched in March of 2011. Everyone has the same limitations on streaming, almost as if they providers all planned how to make streaming a niche product to be unused and forgotten. Personally I will stick with my sling adapter hooked up to my DISH receiver, it allows me to streams all of my live channels and recorded shows to my mobile device no matter where in the world I am as long as I get signal.
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