Sling Media has released a new tablet-friendly version of their Android app which allows Slingbox owners to stream live or recorded TV over the internet. Like the smartphone app, the new version of SlingPlayer for tablets costs $29.99, which makes it rather expensive for an Android app… but rather cheap for a portable TV. The new app works on tablets running Android 3.0 and up and has… Read more »

Sling Media has released an updated version of its SlingPlayer Mobile app for Android. The new version adds an option for higher quality video and also fixes problems affecting Motorola Atrix users and connectivity issues that had affected some T-Mobile users. SlingPlayer Mobile is an app that lets you stream live or recorded TV from your home theater setup to your mobile phone over a… Read more »

Sling Media has launched updated versions of its SlingPlayer Mobile  apps for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. The new apps add support for video out, which means you can transmit video from your mobile device to a TV over a component cable — assuming you have the correct adapters. You’ll still need Slingbox set top box to get the most out of the SlingPlayer… Read more »

Late last night, an updated SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone was released to the App Store. And the refreshed placeshifting software inherits two notable features from its iPad big brother… the new program guide and, much more significantly, higher resolution streaming — I’m thinking in the neighborhood of 640×480 and utilizing H.264 encoding. Which is why only the newer, more capable Slingbox SOLO and PRO-HD units… Read more »

As expected, Sling Media has launched a version of its popular SlingPlayer app for the iPad. SlingPlayer Mobile lets you stream live or recorded TV shows over the internet to your mobile device. It does this by hooking into a Slingbox or related hardware connected to your home theater system, so you’ll need to purchase a Slingbox and the SlingPlayer app in order to use… Read more »

DISH network has launched an Android app that lets users stream live TV from their home to a phone. Users can also manager their DVR, search the program guide, or use their phones as remote controls for their set-top boxes. The app makes use of technology from Sling Media, which is owned by DISH Network. That means you’ll need to have the proper hardware in… Read more »

Sling Media offers mobile apps that let you stream live TV from your home to a computer or any number of mobile devices including an iPhone, Android device, or BlackBerry. But one mobile app that’s still missing in action? An iPad app. That will soon change though, as Sling Media has started showing off a pre-release build of a SlingPlayer app for the iPad. Like… Read more »

Another mobile operating system, another chance for the folks at Sling Media to give you a way to watch live and recorded TV on your phone. The company, which is owned by EchoStar (the company behind the DISH Network satellite TV service), offers a set top box that you can use to stream video from your home theater setup over the internet. That way you… Read more »

Ahead of Monsoon Multimedia actually shipping the Vulkano “God Box” later this month, their free iPhone/iPad client has landed in Apple’s app storefront. Vulkano is the successor to Monsoon’s Slingbox-esque HAVA. It allows you to stream live and pre-recorded TV over the internet to a computer or mobile device after plugging a piece of hardware into your home theater setup.  I suspect the new Vulkano… Read more »

After a somewhat protracted lead-up, SlingPlayer Mobile for Android will enter the Market late tonight. Priced at the same $29.99 as Sling’s other mobile clients (and maybe 1/3rd too much in the current app environment), SlingPlayer Mobile allows you to stream your home television over 3G or WiFi while on the go with the assistance of a Slingbox. Officially, the Slingbox SOLO, PRO, and PRO-HD… Read more »