Sling Media launching Symbian SlingBox client for the U.S.
Ask and ye shall receive. Due to overwhelming consumer demand, Sling Media is poised to launch an American version of their mobile client for the Symbian operating system. For the 3 of you that don’t know, Sling’s mobile SlingBox client allows you to watch live TV re-broadcasted from your home set onto your mobile phone. As you might surmise, it’s an incredibly data-heavy proposition, meaning that anyone without 3G or Wi-Fi should probably leave this one alone but, it does actually work on EDGE. Given the current Symbian offerings from American carriers though, that leaves just one….AT&T! Anyone with a Nokia N75 or other HSDPA/UMTS-capable Symbian handset should hit the link and sign up for the beta…we hear that Sling is in need of a few good beta testers, beginning tomorrow morning…enjoy!
another reason to look at the new nokias. hmm n95 looking better and better
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yeah and th htc advantage 7501
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what the hell is a Symbian?? Does Slingmedia know how much money they can make if they just stop f-ing around and launch a Blackberry Version??
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WHAT THE HELL IS SYMNIAN?..LOL….
THERE ONLY THE KING OS IN THE WORLD.
IF YOU WANNA MAKE MONEY OFF OF SLING,,,,THEY WOULD BE THE FIRST CHOICE.
Symbian OS from Symbian Ltd. (72.8% Market Share)=
Symbian has the largest share in most markets worldwide, but lags other companies in the relatively small but highly visible North American market[8]. This matches the success of its largest shareholder[9] and customer, Nokia, in all markets except Japan. Nokia itself enjoys 44.5% of the smartphone market[10]. In Japan Symbian is strong due to a relationship with NTT DoCoMo, with only one of the 44 Symbian handsets released in Japan coming from Nokia[11]. It is used by all the major handset manufacturers, including Motorola, Samsung, LG, and BenQ[12]. It has received some adverse press attention due to virus threats (actually trojan horses)[13].
Linux operating system (16.7% Market Share)=
Linux is strongest in China where it is used by Motorola[14], and in Japan, used by DoCoMo[15]. Rather than being a platform in its own right, Linux is used as a basis for a number of different platforms developed by several vendors, including Motorola and TrollTech, which are mostly incompatible[16][17]. PalmSource (now Access) is moving towards an interface running on Linux[18]. Another platform based on Linux is being developed by Motorola, NEC, NTT DoCoMo, Panasonic, Samsung, and Vodafone[19].
Windows Mobile from Microsoft (5.6% Market Share) =
Windows CE operating system along with Windows Mobile middleware are widely spread in Asia. The two improved variants of this operating system, Windows Mobile 6 Professional (for touch screen devices) and Windows Mobile 6 Standard were unveiled February 2007 and in the first half of 2008 respectively.
RIM BlackBerry operating system (2.8% Market Share) =
This OS is focused on easy operation and was originally designed for business. Recently it has seen a surge in third party applications and has been improved to offer full multimedia support.
Palm OS developed by PalmSource (now a subsidiary of ACCESS). (1.8% Market Share) =
PalmSource traditionally used its own platform developed by Palm Inc. Access Linux Platform (ALP) is an improvement that is planned to be launched in the first half of 2007. It will use technical specifications from the Linux Phone Standards Forum. The Access Linux Platform will include an emulation layer to support applications developed for Palm-based devices END
LINK:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone
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OPPS,,MEANT SYMBIAN…..
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READ ALSO: THEY ARE THE INTERNATIONAL HEAVY WEIGHT KING.
http://money.cnn.com/2007/08/10/technology/nokia_us.biz2/index.htm?postversion=2007081014
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it’s also to not because of the poularity of winmo 6 ans symbian they have become the targets of cellular malware infiltating via textmessages blue tooth an smartphon modems
the most notorious variety bening the skulls virus
wch speaded it self by sacnning your entire address bood an then sen in self to the entries
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Damn now if I just got that N75 rather than my Blackjack. (like I regret that decision)
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Gal, what?
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I got an invite. I have the Nokia E65. I cant wait to download it, but it seems the php server is overwhelmed right now. Anyone else get chosen for the beta? I have AT&T service with unlimited data, cant wait to test this out.
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@ H-Town
We are talking about the US here…NOT Worldwide Market Share. I have yet to meet a person with a Symbian OS-based phone.
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I think you need to get out more then. Lots of symbians. there’s more than WM and blackberry out there. Nokia has alot of devices in the US market.
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SLINGPLAYER FOR BLACKBERRY!!!, NOW U HAPPY?
http://www.pdablast.com/articles/2007/8/2007813-SlingPlayer-for-BlackBerry-coming.html
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