I concur with the OP, let's get crackin on the Pre slingsoftware. I think this lil baby's gonna throw the smartphone market on it's head.

Sling, please start working on it now! And take advantage of the screen size (480X320) This device is going to do surprisingly well (just a hunch)

PMac: Agreed 100%. My main reason for disliking my Sprint service is that they have the worst phone selection. I have refused to upgrade so that I could get out of my contract on most of my lines because I was ready to jump ship. Now? I may just hold out a little longer. On a side note, if I ended up switching, I would end up paying 3 times as much for the exact same services on another carrier.

Unfortunately, I won't be buying until Sling gets a player ready to go. I use several sling boxes for my job, and I can't go without it. Therefore, the trusty Treo700p stays until Palm and Sling have brunch together.

Hova said: Sling, please start working on it now! And take advantage of the screen size (480X320) This device is going to do surprisingly well (just a hunch)

Yes, please get to work on this.  The Pre will change the smartphone market and Sling should be there from the beginning.  I am giving up my WM Mogul for a Pre and I'm sure many others will be doing the same.

 Come on Sling, do the right thing here.

I'm still not sure what people expect them to do with the Pre. The WebOS SDK isn't available. How are they suppose to start working on it? Plus, until there is a big enough Sling owner to Pre owner ratio, I would certainly hope they don't waste resources on it.

While there isn't a shortage of code writers out there Sling has a limited budget. They have a limited set of code writers available to them. Based on there previous development times it seems they probably only have enough writers to do one new OS at a time. Right now its the Iphone. It is logical to asume the next OS they focus on would be Android. They are also probably working on updates to the other mobile clients. Its also not going to be a simple port since they are going to have to write it in web languages and it costs money to focus resources towards a mobile client. They need to make sure they will make money with it.

Whilst it is true that the SDK hasn't been released Palm did announce a number of partners at CES and the implication was that there would be third party applications ready to go at launch - Dataviz Documents to Go for instance. So it's not beyond the bounds of possibility that Sling could work on this now if they talked to Palm.

The other issue is whether Sling would be able to create a player in WebOS without access to the underlying software and hardware. Palm did also indicate that they would let some developers get access if it was necessary to do so.

In theory at least, Palm intends to be a lot more open and less prescriptive than Apple about what applications can go on to the Pre and about allowing access to the base software and hardware and so Sling ought to be able to come up with a solution more quickly than on the iPhone

rainwater said:

paulpenny said: Whilst it is true that the SDK hasn't been released Palm did announce a number of partners at CES and the implication was that there would be third party applications ready to go at launch - Dataviz Documents to Go for instance.

I'm pretty sure Palm picked who they would partner with.  Thus, you see Dataviz who Palm has had a relationship with for years. 

And Palm's been partnered with Sling before. As a geeky consumer fired up about the Pre, I do hope they're working together on this. Unfortunately Sling's mobile dev cycle is slow for those of us waiting... For example, the Blackberry Slingplayer and the original Palm OS app both took about a year to get out the door.

EDIT: Just read MZ's post. Bummer. I was hopeful these guys were at least speaking. Oh well, I'll get the Pre and watch MobiTV which is included in the $99 all-you-can-eat package, anyway.

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