Dish Network remote access app comes to Android, your Harmony groans

Dish Network took another step towards its ambitious TV Everywhere plans — not to be confused with Comcast’s and Time Warner’s TV Everywhere partnership — by releasing the Android version of its Dish remote access app late last week. This nicely completes the provider’s suite of mobile offerings, which have already been available on the iPhone, iPad and certain BlackBerry phones. The catch is that to take advantage of the app, Android users must own a Sling-enabled Dish device like the ViP 722 / 722k HD DVRs or the recently released Sling adapter . With the necessary hardware though, the app turns smartphones into a control freak’s best friend, working as a remote control, a DVR manager, and a Sling-powered media streamer to view recorded or live programming over Wi-Fi or 3G. That’s a pretty nifty feature set considering it costs a lovely low price of free, and it’s certainly more robust than mobile offerings from Comcast , Time Warner , or DirecTV . In other words, when it comes to getting the most from your your paid TV service while on the go, it appears the underdog satellite company can certainly dish it out. Continue reading Dish Network remote access app comes to Android, your Harmony groans Dish Network remote access app comes to Android, your Harmony groans originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 23 Nov 2010 09:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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