Smartphone Thoughts: Mobius 2006 Boston Wrap Up

Sling Media showed up to make a couple of announcements. The news slipped out a little early thanks to the FCC. ;) Anyway, Sling is proud to announce that 3 new SlingBoxes will be coming to the market very soon. The first box is designed for analog Cable and priced at $179. The second SlingBox is targeted at Audio/Video connections and is also priced at $179. The third device, and this is the one to get, in my opinion, is the SlingBox Pro. The Pro features inputs galore. There is also going to be an optional cable that will allow you to hook this up to your HD set top box. The Pro will sell for $249 when it hits the streets. All 3 versions offer a much improved performance. You can trust me on that. ;) Older SlingBoxes will still be supported but will no longer be available for purchase. You might be able to pick one up on sale in the coming weeks. The other announcement that Sling had was about Sling Player Mobile. If you live in Canada, then you�ll be happy to know that this is now available for purchase to SlingBox owners in Canada. So get mobile and start Slingin�. :D





That brought a close to the first full day of Mobius. We all headed out of a nice sail around Boston harbour. Then it was back to the hotel to catch a little shut-eye before day two gets underway.