SlingPlayer Mobile for Android ready to entertain you for $30 starting tomorrow
By Chris Ziegler 
posted June 21st 2010 8:07PM
posted June 21st 2010 8:07PM
Sling Media Launches SlingPlayer Mobile for Android Smartphones
Application now delivers your home TV experience to Android phones anywhere you have mobile phone access
Foster City, Calif., – June 22, 2010 – Sling Media, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS), announced today the availability of its SlingPlayer Mobile™ application for Android™ Smartphones. The all new application gives Android phone users easy access to their home TV experience anywhere they have mobile phone or Wi-Fi internet access. Now anyone with an Android phone never has to miss a favorite TV show when they're away from home.
"We're committed to the Android platform, and users of our new and improved SlingPlayer Mobile application will experience one of the most complete mobile television experiences available today," said Sling Media Senior Vice President and General Manager John Gilmore. "Now the full spectrum of viewing, including local channels and sports teams, video on demand, pay per view and even control of their home DVR, is available to the growing number of people moving to Android."
How it Works
When in your mobile phone provider's area of 3G, 4G or Wi-Fi coverage and connected to a Slingbox® SOLO, PRO or PRO-HD, SlingPlayer Mobile makes it simple to watch and control your living room television at any time from any location. Watch live and recorded TV and schedule recordings of new programs from any Android Smartphone.
SlingPlayer Mobile for Android features faster startup and control response times, and it works among a variety of Android-based mobile phones in the market today. It also has a new user interface that gives quick-touch access to the most critical remote controls and recently viewed channels.
Current Pricing and Availability
SlingPlayer Mobile Android is available now for download for $29.99* in the Android Market in the following countries: Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United States.
*Price is in U.S. dollars. U.S. dollar to local currency exchange will be carried out at purchase via the customer's bank or credit card provider. Pricing and availability subject to local laws.
Visit http://www.slingbox.com/go/android for more information.
About Sling Media, Inc.
Sling Media, Inc., an affiliate of EchoStar Technologies L.L.C., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS), is the leading provider of video placeshifting products and services for consumers and television service providers. Sling Media's product family includes the internationally acclaimed, Emmy award-winning Slingbox™ that allows consumers to watch and control their living room television shows at any time, from any location, using internet-connected PCs, Macs, PDAs and smartphones. For more information, visit www.slingmedia.com.
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@JonnyB :{o (Mexican mustache style)
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My EVO is close to complete.. just have to get Froyo 2.2 now!
EVO 4G.. SOLD.... OUT!
@JonnyB Oh crap, I'm headed to Fry's right now to buy my slingbox!! I had the original one before & absolutely loved it, so I have no problem dropping the money down for this!!
@JonnyB
using this on Att (iPhone) is murder
fyi.. its up on Android Market right now. Definitely the BEST version of SlingPlayer mobile... and yes, I have all of them. Cant find the favorites channels shortcuts though.
@HerbieDerb
Sold out?
Tell me numbers, real numbers.
(Im not an iCrap fanboy)
@JAG Go do your own research
Is the price by the month or just one time?
@2FR35H Once
@2FR35H are you sure? is it on the press release? that would make it really cool
@TikiTeko
Android market doesn't have subscription based apps as far as I know. It's a one time deal.
So, wait: Upwards of $100+ for the box and then another $30 for a damn piece of software to utilize it?
No thanks.
@dragonfli I don't have slingbox or the app, but it's because it's a very advanced app, lots of time and effort to develop, plus amazing features
Fourth!
"this definitely feels like the fastest SlingPlayer Mobile we've used to date"
this really isn't saying much, it's still a shitsandwich, but better than the other shitsandwiches, I'll wait thanks
LOL! for that price and the new onset of pay for data, not a chance ill ever consider getting this.
Whoa a $30 app? No thanks.
@Fr3sh2De4th
Well, it IS android....
@plyx
What??? What the hell is that suppose to mean? The app costs just as much for the iPhone.
is there any trial or try before you buy kinda thing? No way I'm going to drop $30 for an app I can't even try out first.
@jbeck22
I think the Android Market has a 24 hour return policy, I don't know how it works thought never had to use it.
@jbeck22
With Android you can usually get a refund within 7 days if you don't like the app.
@jbeck22 with android for the first 24-hours after the initial app purchase, you can go back to the marketplace and do the usual uninstall method except it will say refund.
However, if you purchase, refund and then subsequently purchase the same app again... You won't be able to refund a second time.
What bothers me is that I already paid for the app twice before, once with the palm application back in the treo 755p days and then the windows mobile app. Not paying Sling Media any more money.
The app should be ten bucks. Then you got to worry about the data plan that u don't go over.
@anotherworld
Not if you have the Sprint data buffet. I'm so getting this for my EVO! :)
@REP but on Sprint you already have Sprint TV, which is decent enough and included on the plan
@TikiTeko
Sprint TV is nice, but it's not cable.
@SCB And it's definitely not my TiVo either! Slingbox + Tivo + StreamBaby + Slingplayer + Evo FTMFW!
Is there ANY plan for people that have previously paid?
Too expensive :S I am already being milked by my wireless plan, imagine adding $30 more :S should not it be free if I have a slingbox at home and connect to it?
@TikiTeko
And it's Slingbox's problem that you pay for your mobile data plan why exactly??? Do you just write the first random thought that comes along???
@TikiTeko
I hope you aren't thinking it's $30 a month?? It's a one time fee.
It is still too expensive though, but I don't blame them since they don't really make money after the initial sale... should be MAX $19.99 or less IMO.
I paid the same amount of money for this app back when it was on my Palm Treo 700w (Windows Mobile) phone.
I would gladly pay the $30 again if they would port it to WebOS. Sprint still has unlimited data plans and I travel a lot. Would be great to have this for my Palm Pre.
@rlopin I sure hope we don't have to repurchase a license if we already bought for another system. I've also got screwed and charged $30 for support...TWICE!!!
You know you used to have to pay 60 bucks for pc software like this. You people are cheap
@forzanerazzurri2
You should see the Android Market comments people complaining about ads in free apps and about paying $.99 cents for apps.
@forzanerazzurri2
People are so cheap.
Since there is no monthly service fee, a one time $30 charge is well warranted. A free trial would be nice, though. They'll probably give one.
@forzanerazzurri2 - The PC and Mac software is free with the box - so I don't get why they need to charge $30 for the mobile versions.
@forzanerazzurri2 Are you sure about that? It's a pretty unusual model to sell someone hardware, then to charge them an additional fee for the software. It's like if you bought an iPod then they charged you for iTunes.
@uninspired
He means purchasing the apps for the phone. Like purchasing additional software for a computer.
Seriously, read some of the reviews on the iTunes store. People complaining that upgrading to a ad-free version of an app is too expensive at 99 cents...
I like free stuff too, but I also like supporting indie developers who make apps I frequently use...
@SCB Yeah, they probably will.
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@forzanerazzurri2
I agree with you to some extent. But having to purchase the software once again, after I've purchased for Palm OS and Windows Mobile it's not right. They need to have a way to download for cross platform.
180.00-220.00 for the box and 30.00 for the App? I'll wait for a Netflix app or buy a tuner card and run Orb. Just Saying.......
@Tekka Orb isnt free either and isnt great on android in my opinion. But hey to each his own.
Why so much for this app anways. I would pay 5 bucks for it, not 30!
Im impress with android only wondering if $30 monthly or just $30 only one time pay?
@remytech one time fee
@twelvetribes230 thanks then thats more positive for slingplayer