Comments on: Will Sprint Thwart Sling Media's 3G Palm Pre App Plans?

By: skeeze

skeeze — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:56:58 +0000

i’m not buying a pre until there is a sling player support, but the day they release that software i am in for one for sure!

By: cachofas

cachofas — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:07:54 +0000

hey the palm centro is a great smartphone I really enjoy the wifi technology and and the touchscreen. Pretty easy to use.

Nice!

:-)

http://www.magnitiendum.com.mx/palms/palm-centro.php

By: Jennifer Martinez

Jennifer Martinez — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:19:51 +0000

Hi Alex,
I spoke with a person at SlingMedia who told me the company is currently working on an application for the Pre. Thanks!

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:59:23 +0000

Where does the author get the information that Sling is developing an app for the Pre? I haven’t seen this anywhere else.

By: james

james — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:45:02 +0000

IPHONE & ATT sucks anyway. ATT can’t handle the 3g anyway.they suck.

By: Mike W

Mike W — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:19:48 +0000

I agree totally I left Cingular for Sprint and love Sprint just got the Pre and love it. Had slingplayer on my 755P and miss it. I hope it comes out for the Pre!!! Thanks, Mike Keep up the fight!!!

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By: Sleeping

Sleeping — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:44:36 +0000

Unfortunately Slingplayer will not run in Classic due to the fact that Classic has no video or audio codec support. Audio support is said to be coming in the 1.1 update.

By: Andrew Hime

Andrew Hime — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:57:55 +0000

Between sideloading and Classic, I don’t think this is really an issue. But maybe you needed another article for the site.

By: Nick Ashley

Nick Ashley — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:22:15 +0000

That would really suck if Sprint blocked the application. I don’t think they would, though. They are hurting for customers, and anything they can advertise that puts them on top of another network they are going to go for.

Can’t wait for a sling app to be released, I will give an in depth review on my site!

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Vid-Biz: Martha Stewart, CBS News, Katalyst — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:36:25 +0000

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By: Lex

Lex — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:37:42 +0000

Part of why I left my iPhone and AT&T because of the bossy authoritarian attitude. iPhone has more expensive data plan, can’t Slingplayer over 3G yet their other phones can, no MMS (at the time) but other phones have it, I was tried of jailbreaking my phone to get what I want. They are also way too slow to release updates introducing new features.

I had been waiting for a competitor (a real one, not that Instinct, BB Bold, crap). I was looking for a REAL competitor to pull me from the iPhone and the Pre did. Now here’s what I need from Palm and Sprint:

1. Apps

2. Updates to fix small bugs and introduce new features (video recording for example). Though we always bitch about that, I’m not sure I every really use that feature much. :)

3. Keep open source open source. Allow developers to get in their and make the phone even better without a lot of limitation and threats to shut this and that down.

I would also say allow Sling over 3G. Other phones do it. Why limit a phone that has much better potential to be limited. I don’t want Sprint to turn into Verizon or AT&T with all their restrictions.

As far as MobiTV. What a joke. You get what two real channels? And a bunch of clips? I want to watch real TV not clips. And I need more than the Disney Channel and ABC News thanks anyway Sprint/MobiTV.

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:54:08 +0000

There are also several devices on AT&T’s network using the SlingPlayer Mobile app over 3G. Yet AT&T won’t allow the software to use 3G on an iPhone. ;)

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By: oneAwake

oneAwake — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:40:49 +0000

There are several devices on Sprints network using the Slingmedia app over 3G, Sprint doesn’t have a problem with it. I used ORB over Sprints network, it is similar to Slingmedia.