SlingPlayer Mobile 2.0 for WinMo gets finger-friendly
By Chris Ziegler 
posted January 29th 2010 6:12PM
posted January 29th 2010 6:12PM
Sling has given the Windows Mobile community a little love this week with the release of SlingPlayer Mobile 2.0, blessing it with a totally redesigned "sleek and intuitive" interface and a handful of new features that bring it to parity with its counterparts on other platforms. First off, the UI's been reworked to make styli a thing of the past -- everything should now be usable with a finger -- and they've added multiple viewing modes for widescreen and zoomed content. You've also got support for Sling Accounts, an improved guide and DVR control, and fully-blessed streaming over both 3G and WiFi on any network. Anything running WinMo 6 or up with a touchscreen should theoretically work and it's a free upgrade from 1.6 -- only catch is that you need a Slingbox Solo, Pro, or Pro HD to use it (older models are being blocked, an annoying habit that we've seen with other recent SlingPlayer releases). It's available for download now.
Take that crApple.
I have no idea why Sling Media is hiding away its Slingbox Classic (other than trying to sell a new one) but the SlingPlayer Mobile 2.0 is actually working with the Classic as well: http://bit.ly/aIVgzM / via: http://bit.ly/aCfJzB
@Arne Hess can confirm this: my slingbox classic located in NYC works pretty well with both 2.0 clients from germany (iPhone and WinMo), there's just a little message telling you that something wouldn't work but after that everything is fine.
It's not apple, it's AT&T. I just love the "informed".
anyone tested with the Slingbox AV yet? I haven't had a chance to go home and test it myself yet
this stinks