If you own an iPhone and have a Foxtel iQ, head to the app store on your phone RIGHT NOW and download the free Foxtel app, which lets you remotely program recordings for your DVR.
The app, once downloaded and set up with your login details, allows you to browse the EPG either by channel or via a grid view in landscape mode, select a program and either set a reminder or remotely schedule the program to record, as well as search for programs, and add channels to your favourites list.
When you first launch the app, it asks you if you’ll accept push notifications, which I assume is for receiving reminder notices about programs about to start.
Short of being able to actually stream video to your iPhone (which will never happen thanks to the whole Telstra connection), this is as good as you can expect from a Foxtel iPhone app. Well worth the asking price.
[iTunes - Thanks David!]
Justin
Monday, December 7, 2009 at 12:04 PMFYI suggest you amend this article. – Over 30 channels of streaming Foxtel have been available for some time now directly on the iphone with no additional data charges besides the monthly fixed fee.
Nick Broughall
Monday, December 7, 2009 at 12:09 PMOnly for Telstra customers though. It’s not available to all Foxtel customers, like this app….
Greg
Monday, December 7, 2009 at 7:25 PMIf you actually bothered to read the article, you would notice this has nothing to do with streaming Foxtel on your phone.
Dan
Monday, December 7, 2009 at 12:59 PMSadly there are also some privacy concerns with this app.
More details at http://departmentofinternets.info/foxtel-iphone-application-privacy-leak/