James Luff wrote:
> Tom Bradbury wrote:
>>>>> I feel I have to tell everyone how amazing this technology is.<snip>
>>
>> I've been itching to get an X-series phone since they came out, but
>> have been waiting for the K950i, because it's got a bigger screen.
>
> I've also just discovered that the software constantly communicates the
> upload and download speed of the stream to the Slingbox. This means it
> automatically compensates the compression rate depending on the quality
> of the connection. If I view it on the PC over the local network with a
> high bandwidth I get excellent picture quality. When I watch it on the
> N73 you can tell that it has a greater compression, but it's not a
> problem because the screen is smaller so it still looks great. You
> sometimes notice the compression rate changing slightly as you watch so
> that it maintains the stream. I've not been using it for long, but I
> haven't had it lose the stream at all yet which is quite encouraging.

Yep, ain't Slinging brilliant I haven't got an X-Series so have just
been using it on PCs but the beta-test on Palm OS is launching soon so
looking forward to trying it out on my Palm TX via WiFi.

Cheers

Alan

PS - in case you haven't come across it, James, www.slingcommunity.com
is an excellent site for Sling users.