Remember SlingPlayer, the free iPhone 3GS  app that lets you remotely view whatever’s on your home TV (via a Slingbox)? Well, it’s looking all set for an upgraded 1.1 version – but there’s still no 3G support.

SlingPlayer for iPhone 1.1 has been submitted to Apple for approval, and among the new features are true 16:9 widescreen support, a better remote control interface and all-round zippier performance.

The original app’s 3G function was removed at the request of US iPhone carriers AT&T, despite the SlingPlayer mobile app for the likes of Symbian and BlackBerry supporting it. That meant users could only watch TV over a Wi-Fi connection.

SlingMedia says that while this version of SlingPlayer 1.1 will not add 3G support, they do have a nugget of good news for us: they’ve submitted another version of the app, intended for use outside of the US – and it does support 3G. If Apple gives it the green light, the iPhone will finally have a SlingPlayer app worthy of the name.

Source: Mirror News

In the fourth of its series of fantastic competitions, Gadgets4nowt is giving away a free iPhone 3GS.

All you have to do is answer one simple, Apple related question on the competition page, here.

About the prize:

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Hot on the heels of the iPhone 3G is the iPhone 3GS, the latest must-have from the Apple stable…and we are going to show you how to get it free!   Read on for chapter and verse or get started with this quicklink:  Free iPhone 3GS

The iPhone 3GS is more powerful than the iPhone 3G, twice as fast and offers great new features such as the ability to shoot, edit and share videos, a 3-megapixel camera and voice control.

The devices retail at around £500 and although they are cheaper when taking out an iPhone contract, there is an increasingly popular method for getting hold of the iPhone 3GS completely free of charge.

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All that is required is for visitors to Simplyfreeiphone to take out a free, no obligation offer featured on the web site and refer some friends, setting them on the path to receiving their free iPhone 3G S or other desired free gift.

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The system has since been featured on the BBC’s ‘Newsnight’ programme as a great way to get the latest gadgets for nothing.

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