And that's all folks! Now you've seen everything (OK, except all the channel logos) and you should be downloading this to your Treo right now.

Final Words

After a month and a half of using SlingPlayer Mobile on my Treo, my overall impressions are positive. There are a few minor issues, but the important thing is it works, and works fairly well. As long as you have a solid data connection video playback is good. There is occasional pixilation as data rates fluctuate, but I've been able to watch video for over an hour at a time without any major disruptions.

So, if you have a Treo 700p or 680 and a Slingbox, and an unlimited data plan, I'd download the software and give it a try. You have 30 days to decide to purchase, or not, so you have nothing to lose. Give it a try!

Tools Used

The main tool I used in producing this review was Snap for PalmOS screen capture. I also tried ScreenShot, but it didn't do any better - and Snap is freeware.

To convert the BMP captures into PNG, which reduced the file size from 300KB+ to 4-16KB, I simply opened the BMP files in Windows Picture and Fax Viewer and saved them out as PNG files, renaming them in the process.

I created the XHTML by hand in emacs. I'm old school. ;-)

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