Sling's CES showing gives us a Touch of optimism (Thursday 07th of January 2010 10:06:00 PM)
CES is officially under way so of course we got our hands all over the Sling Touch Control 100
in person and screwed up the DVR queue mightily over WiFi thanks to simple touch controls, then
took control our notional Sony Blu-ray player with an ...
(more)SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone coming shortly: $29.99, no 3G support (Tuesday 12th of May 2009 06:36:00 PM)
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'http://digg.com/gadgets/SlingPlayer_Mobile_for_iPhone_coming_shortly_29_99_no_3G'; After what
has become one of the longer (and doubtlessly one of the highest-profile) App Store plaudit
delays, SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone has finally ...
(more)AT&T issues official statement on SlingPlayer's 3G blackout for iPhone (Wednesday 13th of May 2009 01:20:00 AM)
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'http://digg.com/gadgets/AT_T_issues_official_statement_on_SlingPlayer_s_3G_blackout';
Sweating bullets over network saturation, are we? AT&T's distinctly taking a good helping of
heat today over Sling's rock-and-a-hard-place decision to ...
(more)Sling Media's Clip+Sling strides into beta, release looks imminent (Friday 03rd of October 2008 03:50:00 PM)
Filed under: Home Entertainment, transportable Video
Sling Media has a history of not
disappointing, and while we were admittedly bummed to see Clip+Sling omitted from SlingPlayer
2.0, it looks like that one gripe is about to be remedied. If you'll recall, ...
(more)SlingPlayer 2.0 enters public beta -- without Clip+Sling (Thursday 07th of August 2008 09:36:00 PM)
Filed under: Home Entertainment
SlingPlayer 2.0 was announced way back at CES 2007 (and, uh,
re-announced this year) and it looks you'll finally be able to get a taste, public beta style
-- but only a taste, since it's missing its most hyped feature, ...
(more)Hands-on with the EchoStar TR-40 and TR-50 converter boxes (Monday 07th of January 2008 09:29:00 PM)
Filed under: CES, Features, HDTV, Home Entertainment
Just like you heard from the press
conference, EchoStar is showing off a couple of new analog converter boxes. While this kind of
device doesn't have a place with DISH, splitting off EchoStar gives ...
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