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SlingPlayer 2.0.3508 (Windows)

SlingPlayer takes full advantage of the cutting-edge engineering inside the Slingbox. The software works hand-in-hand with the hardware inside your Slingbox to make taking your television along with you easy. Better yet, the SlingPlayer encompasses several innovative features to bring your entire living room experience to your desktop. Finally you...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Sling Media, Slingbox, SlingPlayer, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Software downloads 2009-10-22

SlingPlayer (Palm) 1.00.22 (Mobile)

SlingPlayer gives Slingbox owners the most powerful option available in mobile television, combining their unique personal home TV experience with the portability of their mobile phones or PDAs. SlingPlayer extends Slingbox functionality to Palms. A truly mobile television experience, SlingPlayer Mobile supports any type of Internet connection on your mobile...

Tags: Mobile, Mobile TV, Palm Inc., Sling Media, Slingbox, SlingPlayer, Advertising & Promotion, TVs, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Software downloads 2009-04-11

Sling Media Slingbox Solo

Hot off its acquisition by EchoStar, parent company of the Dish Network satellite service, Sling Media is back in the saddle with a new product, the Slingbox Solo. The latest Slingbox model is essentially a streamlined version of the Slingbox Pro. Like that 2006 model, the Solo ($180 list) can...

Tags: Smart phones, Microsoft Windows, Network technology, Telecom & Utilities, Broadband Internet, Slingbox, SlingPlayer, Sling Media, SlingPlayer software, phone

Product reviews 2007-09-27

Additional Resources

SlingPlayer 1.0.10 (Mac)

SlingPlayer for Mac, Version 1.0, includes photo-realistic remote controls as well as the ability to program favorite channels with a full range of viewing modes all leveraging the iconic Mac OS look and feel. Slingbox owners can now view their television directly on their Macintosh computer screen. With full remote...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Sling Media, Home Entertainment, Desktops, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Hardware, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-10-31

Verizon unveils 30-second ad for Droid Android phone; slams iPhone

Too bad it's another locked in carrier!I love Verizon for its reliable service, and fast internet. But, Verizon is just as guilty as ATT/Apple with locked in phones. vCast sucks terribly, and at times you are forced to use that. Verizon cripples the Bluetooth functionality so you...

Tags: Smart phones, Handhelds, Verizon Smartphones, VCast, Verizon Communications Inc., advertisement, Apple iPhone, GPS, Apple Inc., phone

Discussion threads 2009-10-18

SlingPlayer Mobile (iPhone) 1.1 (Mobile)

Watch and control your home TV and DVR on your iPhone or iPod touch. When connected to a Slingbox SOLO, PRO, or PRO-HD, SlingPlayer Mobile iPhone will play anything you can see on your TV at home on your iPhone or iPod touch. Now you can change channels, control your...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Set-top Box, Set-top, Mobile, Digital Video Recorder, DVR, Digital Video, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Software downloads 2009-09-25

WSJ wrongly blames AT&T for Google Voice iPhone app rejection

ActuallyAT&T's formal statement about Google Voice was ambiguous! A proper blog would have quoted it and discussed this fact. Because if you interpret their statement literally, you realize AT&T didn't say anything you probably didn't already believe: that AT&T doesn't do the actual flipping of the switch that puts iPhone...

Tags: Smart phones, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Google Inc., Apple iPhone, App Store

Discussion threads 2009-08-19

Dead-Finger Tech: Slingbox, Roku & Netflix Instant Play

What's my real dead finger tech? My media streaming devices and services that keep me juiced with multimedia content at home and when I'm traveling. In anticipation of the great summer tech news doldrums, our fearless editor asked the ZDNet bloggers to provide...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Roku Inc., Slingbox, View Service, DVR, Tv & Home Theater, TVs, Digital Video, Notebooks, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-07-31

MobileTechRoundup show #171; MiFi, Sidekick, E71x, DX, and more

James kicked off MobileTechRoundup show #171 by talking about an accessory that is hot news this week and that is the Verizon Wireless MiFi EVDO router that makes it quick and easy to get up to 5 devices connected to Verizon's high speed data network. I then talked about the...

Tags: MobileTechRoundup, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-05-15

AT&T: 'Slinging' violates ToS; barred on all devices

AT&T: 'Slinging' violates ToS; barred on all devicesiPhone NOT iPCAT&T is treading some pretty fine lines here. I wouldn't be surprised if someone sued them over the wording of their own TOS and the definition of the word "phone".I do not make phone calls on a PC through AT&T....

Tags: Corporate communications, AT&T Corp., Tos

Discussion threads 2009-05-14

AT&T: 'Slinging' violates ToS; barred on all devices

Do you like your Slingbox? You're not the only one. But AT&T says Sling Media's new iPhone application, which allows users to stream live television to their handset, won't run on AT&T 3G. In fact, the $29.99 application is only...

Tags: AT&T Corp., TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Networking, Wireless And Mobility, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-05-14

4G wireless makes progress with WiMax, LTE developments

Suddenly, there's a light at the end of the 4G tunnel. We keep hearing about the next generation of wireless communications but thanks to two developments this week, it's finally starting to feel like we're getting close. First, Clearwire and Cisco announced that Cisco would be the...

Tags: 4G, Network, Clearwire Corp., AT&T Corp., Wireless, LTE, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-05-14

Gadget Gal's daily deals: Slingbox Edition

The SlingPlayer Mobile iPhone app is finally here. You can now watch TV on your iPhone, and we're not talking about two-minute YouTube clips. The $30 app lets you stream video from your TV at home onto your iPhone. But it's not that easy -- you...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Sling Media, Slingbox, SlingPlayer Mobile iPhone App, Sling Media Slingbox PRO-HD SB300-100, Sling Media Slingbox AV, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Network Technology, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Networking, Jennifer Bergen

Blog posts 2009-05-13

News to know: Google Search; iPod Touch; Pre launch date; Yahoo; Zune; AMD

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Google: Understanding is the next frontier of search; Meet Wonder Wheel, Google Squared Tom Foremski: How...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple iPod, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Zune, Andrew Nusca, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Corp., Google Search, Apple iPod Touch, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Microsoft Windows, Piracy, Telecom & Utilities, Digital Music, Digital Media, Operating Systems, Software, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-05-13

SlingPlayer Mobile comes to iPhone for $30, WiFi only

SlingPlayer Mobile always seemed like a perfect fit for the iPhone and it's large display. We have been waiting patiently for it to arrive with it looking less and less likely after rumors of AT&T and/or Apple preventing its release. According to Dave Zatz, SlingPlayer for iPhone is real and...

Tags: Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-05-12

Will we ever see a SlingPlayer Mobile client for the iPhone?

Will we ever see a SlingPlayer Mobile client for the iPhone?WowA completely useless article, thanks for wasting my time.What AT&T Issues?At some stupid conference nobody heard of until this year? South by Southwest The only ones complaining were the "bloggers", a bunch who just like to complain and are...

Tags: SlingPlayer Mobile, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-04-16

Will we ever see a SlingPlayer Mobile client for the iPhone?

Sling Media showed off a version of SlingPlayer running on an iPhone just about a year ago and we still do not have a SlingPlayer Mobile client available to install. At first The Boy Genius Report stated that AT&T may have asked Apple to reject the application, but their sources...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Sling Media, Slingbox, Wireless And Mobility, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-04-16

Sling Media taking a wait and see approach to the Palm WebOS

I've been using a Slingbox and the SlingPlayer Mobile clients for years, but last year I moved to the Hava player because they have free Nokia Internet Tablet and S60 clients. Slingbox now has a SlingPlayer Mobile client for selected S60 devices, but it does not work on the very...

Tags: Palm Inc., Sling Media, Slingbox, SlingPlayer Mobile, Business Structures, Tablets, Operating Systems, Finance, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Software, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-02-01

News to know: Macworld, CES preview, Windows 7

Macworld Coverage: Photos: Jobs fill-in touts media, MacBook updates Jason D. O'Grady: Live: Philip Schiller keynote at Macworld 2009 Sam Diaz: Apple's final Macworld: Schiller delivers but announcements disappoint Apple expands DRM-free music selection [video] Apple reveals...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Digital-rights Management, Dana Blankenhorn, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Matthew Miller, Macworld, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Notebooks, Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Digital Media, Security, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Operating Systems, Software, Storage, Data Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-01-07

SlingPlayer Mobile and Laridian PocketBible coming soon to the iPhone

SlingPlayer Mobile and Laridian PocketBible coming soon to the iPhoneBible SoftwareHad never heard of Laridian before this, I'll look into it. Long time user of Olive Tree Bibles, their iPhone app is not as good as the Win Mobile version but I like that its fully offline. I...

Tags: Laridian PocketBible, SlingPlayer Mobile, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-01-06