“Despite our initial intent to deliver a Mac/OSX version of the SlingPlayer in Q2’06, we are moving our target to Q3’06,” Jeremy Toeman, VP of Market Development for Sling Media writes over on his Sling Media blog. “As you are probably aware, the Mac landscape changed dramatically this year, and as a small company, we chose to shift development paths to deliver universal Mac support. The net effect of this shift has been to delay our Mac plans by about 90 days. One positive note is we have tested the PC SlingPlayer software on “dual boot” Macs, using either Boot Camp or Parallels, and the performance in these environments is quite impressive. Ultimately, we recognize that many Mac users have high standards for digital media products, and we are working hard to ensure we will meet and exceed those standards with the upcoming SlingPlayer for Mac.”
Here are the current plans:
• At some point right around the beginning of July we will begin the official signup process to become a Mac beta tester (just as we’ve done for all prior beta programs). I will announce this here (for anyone who has emailed either Becky or myself in the past, we will remind you when the signup process goes live, but you will need to sign up then)
• Our public beta test (the one anyone can download) should be made available in late August.
• Commercial release will occur in September.
One important piece of good news: we can put to rest the debate over charging. There will be no additional fees to download the SlingPlayer Mac software.
Thanks for your patience and understanding.
Full article here.
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