Slingplayer Mobile NOT in Android Market

[raoulangel]

is this because its an Archos device?? is it possible to get the player by download OUTSIDE the market? I purchased it and use it on my HTC Aria, but now i want to use it on my Archos 70, Any ideas?

 

[wmwinn]

AFter some Google searching, I was able to find the apk and sideload the Slingplayer app.... but it didn't work on my HaiPad M701. I posted the problem here: http://www.androidtablets.net/forum/telechips-based/5515-dish-remote-slingplayer-apps-dont-work.html but surprisingly didn't get any responses.

It would be so cool to be able to watch our TV on a tablet!

 

[feverhost]

I downloaded the Slingplayer APK awhile ago, and it works on my Pandigital, and aPad without any problems. It cost me $29.99.

 

[blackstone]

I downloaded the Slingplayer APK awhile ago, and it works on my Pandigital, and aPad without any problems. It cost me $29.99.

Downloaded it from where?

 

[raoulangel]

Yes where?

 

[Swould333]

Have you tried to do this.. it does add quiet a bit more apps in the market... plus it's super easy...

http://www.androidtablets.net/forum/archos-tablets/5518-see-more-market-apps-archos-market-fix.html

If you have it on the HTC device have you trieD using Astro file manager to make a back up of the APK and then transfering it to the tablets sd card and sidloading it that way....

 

[raoulangel]

Did that multiple times

 

[Unreadhyperion]

Not trying to break any rules.... and if I am please delete my post... try applanet. Google it, get the latest apk. Slingbox app is located in that market.

 

[raoulangel]

Don't think you broke any rules but i did install the applanet and as I suspected, no Slingplayer app

 

[gurgle]

Not trying to throw water on the idea. There is a "reason" why some apps work on some tablets and not on others. The same is true for finding them on Market. There is a decision tree search algorithm based on your device. If it fails on one of the decision points, then it will not find/install. Some apps can be sideloaded and work due to the device having a configuration which looks like a Phone but is not. (As anything prior to Honeycomb, the OS is made for Phones and not Tablets). The problem/answer for Archos is they purposefully modded the config (AFAIK) to fail on apps that want a Phone IMEI/and SIM Code core. There is a hidden IMEI, but cannot be readily referenced.
Thus that is why you may not find it with the Archos. And why Sideloads fail. I love my Archos, but this is a point which bugs me too. But I have learned to live with it.

 

[feverhost]

Downloaded it from where?

The Slingbox website.... I also have the app (program) for my Windows 6.5 phone.

 

[Unreadhyperion]

I have no idea what you are searching for in applanet, but I'm sitting here at work looking right at it. SlingPlayer Mobile. Try a search for "Sling", that's the way I pulled it up. Another work around, free with no secondary purchases, orb.com.

 

[raoulangel]

???? Just came from Orb.com, this doesn't broadcast / stream thecontent to PCs or devices outside the house or out on the internet.
Is there anything that doesn that for Android/pcs?
I have 2 - 1 TB linstations on my home network, 3 Windows Media Centers, a slingbox, and 2 other software based SUPPOSEDLY streaming server softwares but none let me watch a simple avi file from one of my network NAS drives while I am on the train connected to my 4G.
In this day and age I thought that would be mych easier.. any ideas?

 

[raoulangel]

Oh yeah... and Orb Live for Android doesn't show up in the android market for Archos anyway!

 

[PMKVA]

Sideloaded on Archos 7o and running with minimal problems. Sometimes have to start the app multiple times before it loads. Running with orig slingbox. Works great when I am on the road and tethered to my Droid X.