It’s easy to forget that Motorola doesn’t just make horrible mobile phones, they actually make neat gadgets, like the Media Mover: A pocket-sized USB stick that transcodes lots of video and beams it anywhere like SlingBox.
Millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror, and AT&T swiftly backtracked on the draconian updates to their terms of the service that effectively ban Skype, Sling and other goodness: It’s all a big mistake!
That AT&T’s new terms of service for wireless frowns on snagging video over P2P isn’t surprising, but the fact that it effectively prohibits Slinging video to phones is mildly shocking and definitely lame.
The good news is that Slingplayer, the TV streaming app, is coming to the iPhone soon. The bad news is that your old Slingbox doesn’t work with it. Here’s Sling’s reasoning.
Finally! Almost four years after Sling Media launched their very first Sling branded streaming box onto the US market, us Australians are finally going to be able to get a taste of universal entertainment access next month. Digital Products Group have announced that they’ll start selling Slingbox products starting next month.
Why hasn’t Sling done this sooner? The Sling Monitor is a 15-inch HD display that you can Sling video to from Dish’s 1TB SlingLoaded 922 DVR over Wi-Fi.
Dish Network has had Sling integrations before, but they just dropped a brand new HD-DVR with remove Sling capabilities built in along with a redesigned SlingGuide interface.
Sling Media revealed that HD streaming will be coming to Mac users via Sling.com, and they plan to submit the Sling iPhone app for approval in Q1 of this year.
If you’ve got a Blackberry and a Slingbox, the SlingPlayer Mobile public beta has just started. Download it free for 30 days and pay a one-time $US30 fee to keep it. [Blackberry via geardiary]
