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October 1, 2006

Sling planning Slingplayer client for Palm OS?

Filed under: SlingMedia, SlingPlayer, palm, sling media — Ryan Block @ 7:54 pm

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Sneaky Sling, slipping one right under everyone’s noses — just yesterday we happened to be pondering to ourselves why they’d develop a Windows Mobile Slingplayer client and announce their intentions to develop a Symbian version, but not do one for Palm OS? (Yes, we really do think about this stuff in our spare time.) The side of the new Slingbox boxes, as we know, clearly show Windows 2000, XP, Vista, and Mobile logos, Mac and Symbian support (which is a little unfair considering neither client is out even in beta yet) — as well as an innocuous black sticker we totally didn’t even notice. That is, until our pal Dave peeled it off and revealed the Palm logo, too. Maybe it was just too soon to pre-announce, maybe maybe they’re going to wait for ALP before they make a move on Palm, or maybe they just killed their Palm client plans — we don’t know, but for our many Treo using friends, you’ve now a bit more hope than you did yesterday for getting your place shifting on without having to finally let go of Palm.

P.S. -We pinged Sling to see what’s going on, but we’re still waiting back for the official word back. Stay tuned for more info.
P.P.S. -Did anyone else notice Sling recognized the Engadget Award they received last year? Nice! (Picture after the break.)

 

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July 11, 2006

Sling opens up Mac SlingPlayer beta

Filed under: Apple, SlingPlayer, SlingplayerMac, mac, sling, slingplayer mac — Ryan Block @ 11:33 pm

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Attention Mac place-shifting fans, you'll probably want to check this one out. It looks like at long last Sling Media's readying their SlingPlayer Mac version (perhaps for WWDC launch next month?), as they've opened it up for private beta over the next two weeks. So if you have a high tolerance for pain and are tired of putting up with running the Windows SlingPlayer client in Parallels, your moment may have arrived. Whereas we can't guarantee anyone will be granted entry to the beta program, you can at least rest assured knowing that we're undoubtedly only weeks away now from the proper Mac client launch -- and with a bit of luck maybe they won't charge us for the player software this time around.

[Thanks, Dave & Ron]
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May 27, 2006

SlingPlayer Mobile makes its way to Smartphone

Filed under: SlingPlayer, StreamingVideo, sling, streaming video, video — Chris Ziegler @ 10:59 am

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After hitting the Pocket PC scene, Sling is making good on its promise to port its SlingPlayer Mobile to other platforms -- if you call Windows Mobile Smartphone a different "platform," that is. (We don't.) Given the dearth of 3G Smartphones on the streets these days, finding a suitable device to stream glorious full-motion video to might be trickier than with the Pocket PC version, but the EV-DO equipped Q and WiFi equipped T-Mobile SDA are thankfully both on the compatibility list.
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May 26, 2006

Sling updates SlingPlayer software

Filed under: SlingMedia, SlingPlayer, sling box, sling media, sling player, slingbox — Ryan Block @ 8:55 pm

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Normally software updates for our devices go unnoticed and unmentioned by the Engadget team, but Sling's new version (1.1.0.153) of their SlingPlayer software commands some attention for its new features, such as doubled resolution for local streaming (640 x 240), 16:9 support, favorites bars, skins and interface tweaks, and expanded European PAL and DVB-T support. Enjoy, SlingBoxers.

[Via Zatz Not Funny]
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