SlingPlayer app now available for Honeycomb tablets, priced at $30

Oct 11th 2011
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SlingPlayer app now available for Honeycomb tablets, priced at

It was teased back in September and now, it’s finally arrived — the SlingPlayer Android app optimized specifically for Honeycomb tablets. Available today at the Android Market, Sling Media’s latest app allows Slingbox owners to stream TV on to their slates, and lines a brand new program guide, designed to assist users browse content and alter channels with greater ease. The SlingPlayer app for Android handsets, meanwhile, will continue to operate on tablets in “compatibility mode,” without exacting extra charges, though it won’t offer an identical resolution quality you can find on a Honeycomb-laced device. Interested parties can grab the app for the familiar price of $30, on the source link below. Otherwise, click past the break for more details in Sling’s refreshingly brief press release.

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Sling Media Announces Availability of SlingPlayer for Android Tablets

All New Application Turns an Android Tablet right into a TV

Foster City, Calif. – October 11, 2011-Sling Media, Inc., a unconditionally owned subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS), today announced the provision of SlingPlayer™ for tablets running versions 3.0 or later of the Android™ operating system. Available for purchase at the Android Market, the appliance lets Slingbox® owners extend their front room TV experience to their tablets and takes good thing about the better performance, screen resolutions and video quality the most recent Android devices can deliver. New to this release of SlingPlayer is a revamped program guide that makes it easy to browse content choices while continuing to look at TV. Familiar custom on-screen remote controls closely mimic the identical experience the user has from the couch at home.

“A Slingbox is the right accessory to an Android tablet,” said Raghu Tarra, senior vice chairman and general manager at Sling Media. “When combined with SlingPlayer, now anyone with an Android device can enjoy a horny, personalized TV experience anywhere on the planet.”

The way it Works
When connected to a Slingbox SOLO or PRO-HD, the award-winning SlingPlayer software makes it easy to observe your house TV to your Android tablet running Android version 3.0 or later. Now Slingbox owners with Android tablets can change channels, control their DVRs and watch their favorite shows anywhere they have got a web connection. They never need to miss another show or game, regardless of where they’re. To profit more, visit www.slingbox.com.

Pricing and Availability
SlingPlayer for Android Tablets is now available for U.S. $29.99, JPY ¥2600, UK GBP £20.99 and Euro €23.99 from the Android Market. The appliance can be bought, downloaded and installed in minutes.

The SlingPlayer application for Android Phones will continue to work in “Compatibility Mode” on tablets at no extra charge. The Android Phone version of the applying streams from all Slingboxes, but not on the higher quality resolutions available on tablet devices.

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