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HAVA Player For S60 Now Available

By The Guru on September 3, 2008

As you may know, I’m a huge fan of my HAVA box. Like the Slingbox, HAVA connects to your home entertainment center and allows you to remotely stream your home television from anywhere in the world with an internet connection. There are several different models of the set top box, depending on the features and connections you need.

The best part, though, is the mobile players. HAVA currently offers a client for both the Nokia Internet Tablets and now S60-powered smartphones such as the N95. That means, when you’re out and about, you can easily use your phone’s 3G or WiFi connection to tune into your TV at home, to catch the final inning of the World Series, or just pass time waiting for your wife to finish shopping.

My favorite scenario is for frequent travelers, though. With HAVA, you can easily leave the laptop at home and travel with just your N95 and its TV-Out cable. Hook it up to your hotel TV and you’ve got instant access to any channel on your home TV – for free.

HAVA offers its mobile players for free, which makes it super easy to truly enjoy TV anywhere. You can download the appropriate mobile client here, or get more information about the various set-top boxes below:

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The Guru, aka Ricky Cadden, started Symbian-Guru.com in November 2006, out of his excitement for the S60 3rd Edition version of Symella. The Guru has used Symbian devices since the Nokia 6620, and is known for his perspective as a power user. You can follow The Guru on Twitter at @Rcadden

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  • http://www.n95users.com/forum/third-party-apps/14109-hava-s60-announced-completes-nokia-circle.html#post144936 HAVA for S60 Announced, Completes The Nokia Circle – Nokia N95Users

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  • http://www.erictate.com/ Eric Tate

    i had been debating whether to go with hava or slingbox but i think this made the final decision hava. with a client available for both my N810 and E71, it makes more sense.

  • http://www.obstaclescankill.com Eric

    i had been debating whether to go with hava or slingbox but i think this made the final decision hava. with a client available for both my N810 and E71, it makes more sense.

  • A1

    The article doesn’t disclose/mention whether these apps(Slingbox and HAVA) are internationally available, or not. I find this quite odd and inconsiderate, considering that this site has visitors from all around the globe.

    Btw, I did in fact enjoy this write up, thanks. ;)

    EDIT: sorry, for the typos and misspellings in my haste :oops:

  • A1

    The article doesn’t disclose/mention whether these apps(Slingbox and HAVA) are internationally available, or not. I find this quite odd and inconsiderate, considering that this site has visitors from all around the globe.

    Btw, I did in fact enjoy this write up, thanks. ;)

    EDIT: sorry, for the typos and misspellings in my haste :oops:

  • http://www.symbian-guru.com/ The Guru

    @A1 – I don’t see any reason that they’re not available internationally.

  • http://www.symbian-guru.com The Guru

    @A1 – I don’t see any reason that they’re not available internationally.

  • A1

    Just for the simple fact that not all services are always initially available to every country/region, if ever.

    Just a thought, no offense. ;)

  • A1

    Just for the simple fact that not all services are always initially available to every country/region, if ever.

    Just a thought, no offense. ;)

  • http://www.symbian-guru.com/ The Guru

    A1 – point taken, and I’ve submitted an email to HAVA to verify. However, it’s not really a service. It’s a hardware box that you plug into your cable box/DVR, and then a selection of applications, for your computer or mobile device, that connects directly to the device. There’s no ‘service’ that you get through HAVA.

  • http://www.symbian-guru.com The Guru

    A1 – point taken, and I’ve submitted an email to HAVA to verify. However, it’s not really a service. It’s a hardware box that you plug into your cable box/DVR, and then a selection of applications, for your computer or mobile device, that connects directly to the device. There’s no ‘service’ that you get through HAVA.

  • http://www.symbian-freak.com/ christexaport

    So Ricky, which is better? Hava or Slingbox? I’ve had and used Slingbox before, and can vouch for its excellent performance, but Hava is almost exactly the same device.

    Another option, which is free and requires NO hardware at all is PiipTV, which we reviewed awhile back on Symbian Freak. Its all software, with a PC and S60 client. Its free, so check it out too.

  • http://www.symbian-freak.com christexaport

    So Ricky, which is better? Hava or Slingbox? I’ve had and used Slingbox before, and can vouch for its excellent performance, but Hava is almost exactly the same device.

    Another option, which is free and requires NO hardware at all is PiipTV, which we reviewed awhile back on Symbian Freak. Its all software, with a PC and S60 client. Its free, so check it out too.

  • http://www.symbian-guru.com/ The Guru

    Christexaport – I’ve had both (in fact, I still technically have the Sling, though it’s not hooked up or anything) and I much prefer the HAVA, frankly, for a few reasons:

    1. Mobile clients are free – not a big deal if you have one handset, but when you have several, plus a Tablet, this is important.
    2. They have a tablet client – when I first got the Slingbox, and set it up on my N95, my FIRST thought was ‘Dang, this’d be SWEET on my Tablet’, and HAVA is.
    3. Ease of connecting – with Sling, you have to use some randomly generated Sling ID, which is a hassle to copy over. With HAVA, you set a unique name for your HAVA box, and that’s what you type in. Mine was ‘RickysHAVA’ or something similar to that (I’ve not set it back up since the move). Ease of setup, imo, is MUCH better with the HAVA.
    4. Blue LED instead of RED. I realize it’s lame, but I don’t like red LEDs

  • http://www.symbian-guru.com The Guru

    Christexaport – I’ve had both (in fact, I still technically have the Sling, though it’s not hooked up or anything) and I much prefer the HAVA, frankly, for a few reasons:

    1. Mobile clients are free – not a big deal if you have one handset, but when you have several, plus a Tablet, this is important.
    2. They have a tablet client – when I first got the Slingbox, and set it up on my N95, my FIRST thought was ‘Dang, this’d be SWEET on my Tablet’, and HAVA is.
    3. Ease of connecting – with Sling, you have to use some randomly generated Sling ID, which is a hassle to copy over. With HAVA, you set a unique name for your HAVA box, and that’s what you type in. Mine was ‘RickysHAVA’ or something similar to that (I’ve not set it back up since the move). Ease of setup, imo, is MUCH better with the HAVA.
    4. Blue LED instead of RED. I realize it’s lame, but I don’t like red LEDs

  • A1

    I was using “services” as an umbrella term, which encompasses hardware, since hardware itself provides a type of service. Sorry, for not being more explicated, on my part.

    I think, it great you’re looking further into the matter.

    I’m sure other readers will appreciate it as much as I do too.

    Keep up the great work(articles), thanks again. ;)

  • A1

    I was using “services” as an umbrella term, which encompasses hardware, since hardware itself provides a type of service. Sorry, for not being more explicated, on my part.

    I think, it great you’re looking further into the matter.

    I’m sure other readers will appreciate it as much as I do too.

    Keep up the great work(articles), thanks again. ;)

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