 Earlier
this week, Sling Media released two new versions of its
SlingPlayer Mobile for
Windows Mobiles: One for Windows Mobile Professional smartphones and one for
Windows Mobile Standard smartphones, which are both available available for
download now.
The primary feature addition in the new release is official support for new
screen resolutions incl. 800x480, 640x480, 400x240 and 320x320 which means
the new version of SlingPlayer Mobile, which works with every
Slingbox, provides
now support for 15 new Windows Mobile handsets including the
Sony Ericsson Xperia X1, the
Palm Treo Pro, the
HTC Touch Diamond and
Touch Pro, as well as the
Samsung
SGH-i900 Omnia among others.
The following is a list of newly supported Windows
Mobile handsets now supported in this SlingPlayer Mobile release:
- Sony Ericsson Xperia X1
- Palm Treo Pro
- HP iPAQ 910
- (Sprint) HTC Touch Diamond
- (Sprint) HTC Touch Pro
- (Sprint) Palm Treo 800w
- (Sprint) Samsung ACE
- (Verizon) HTC Touch Pro
- (Verizon) Samsung Saga
- (Verizon) Samsung Omnia
- (Verizon) XV6900
- (AT&T) LG Incite
- (AT&T) HTC Fuze
- (AT&T) Samsung Epix
- (AT&T) Pantech Duo
SlingPlayer Mobile gives consumers their entire home TV experience, including
local channels, local sports teams, video on demand, pay per view, etc. Any
program that you can watch on your sofa back home, you can watch on your Windows
Mobile-based smartphone anywhere you can get a standard network connection (3G
Cellular or WiFi).
In addition, SlingPlayer Mobile users can also control their home digital
video recorder (DVR) to watch recorded shows, pause, rewind and fast forward
live TV, or even queue new recordings while on the road.
While the PC and Mac client of the SlingPlyer is available free of charge,
the new Windows Mobile Professional version (1.6.0.111) and the new Windows
Mobile Standard version (1.6.0.59) is available for U.S., Canadian and U.K,
customers at US$ 29.99. All versions of SlingPlayer Mobile include a 30 day free
trial.
Cheers ~ Arne
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