Sling Is "Optimistic" SlingPlayer iPhone App Will Be Approved Soon

Sling's updated their SlingPlayer iPhone app page, saying they're in "close contact" with Apple and are "optimistic" it'll be approved soon. Sling submitted it over a month ago, so it's pretty late. [Sling via 9to5Mac]

SlingPlayer For BlackBerry Launching in Public Beta Before Next Year, Just

SlingPlayer for BlackBerry, which was previewed in a usable state nearly a year ago, is finally coming to BlackBerry in a public beta. More »

SlingMedia Shows Off Apple TV

About a week after our own Gizmodo cult leader editor Brian Lam tested out Apple TV over a Slingbox, Slingmedia posted their own demo on YouTube. They demonstrate the MotoQ streaming at a tolerable framerate via EVDO, and then show their client running on a PC complete with faux, "how hasn't Jobs eaten them yet?" Apple remote. More »

SlingPlayer Client Finally Coming to Palm OS

Yes, they're late to the game, but Sling Media has finally released a SlingPlayer Mobile beta for all you Palm OS fans out there. You'll need a Treo 700p, 680, 650, or a Palm TX to run the beta, but it'll be nice to join the ever-growing crowd of mobile Slingers. Testing will start next week with a second wave of testers rolling out the following week. As for all you RIM owners out there, sit tight. Your ship may be coming soon. – Louis Ramirez More »

Slingbox Pro Review: Its For Pros

Do you sneer at non-professional products, dismissing them with a snort of "amateurs!" Then the Slingbox Pro is for you: it adds more inputs and the ability to act as a pass-through device (very useful if your satellite or cable box only has one output). There's also an optional high def component video input, and PC Mag lays on the praise for the $249.99 device, describing the image quality as "spectacular". They don't ignore the possibilities for annoying other people by changing channels from a continent away, though: More »

Slingbox Gets its Jumbotron On, NCAA Football Style

Thanks to SlingMedia, University of California Bears football fans were able to watch their beloved Bears in a bit of a different manner this past weekend. Roughly 3,000 fans showed up to the Cal stadium to watch the Bears play Washington State, but the game wasn't in California, it was in Washington. The game was being shown on the Cal jumbotron with the help of a SlingBox streaming the content. It's pretty awesome to see a device as little as a SlingBox have such a big application and affect so many people. – Travis Hudson More »

Gizmodo Deals: $156 Slingbox

We normally leave all of the wheeling and dealing up to our half-sister Consumerist, but this one is too good to let people pass up. Slingbox is offering a $50 instant rebate on their Slingmedia Slingbox. This device has been the cat's pajamas for quite a few months now and it may now be the perfect time for people to jump on the Slingbox bandwagon. Use the code DISH2006 at checkout for your instant rebate and happy slinging! – Travis Hudson More »