I've been waiting for this app to come out since I purchased my Hero last October. I used in on my Windows Mobile phone for over a year before that. First thing that is going to hit you is the price tag, $30. A lot for an app, yes, surprising, no. When I was using SlingPlayer on my Mogul it cost me $30 for that app as well.
After downloading setup is incredibly simple. Just log into your Sling account thru the app and all of your Slingboxes are listed. Select the one you want to watch and away you go. The app runs incredibly smooth and has an incredible picture. I was even able to watch a baseball game on it while going driving down the interstate. (No I wasn't driving). I did notice that it appears to be a resource hog. If you have apps running in the background(mail, twitter, facebook, ect.) they will FC after time.
I have found one thing I don't like about this app, it doesn't work on ROMs with JIT. I tried several ROMs with no luck. I even turned off JIT in one of them rebooted and no luck. SlingMedia has a Twitter account with the name of @MisterSling. MisterSling was on GDGT.com earlier this week answering questions about the new Android app. I asked about JIT support and was informed that they only support official ROMs. I can see that. Still wish it work because I really like some of the ROMs with JIT built in.
Hopefully with the source code release of Froyo (Android 2.2) to AOSP SlingMedia will start working on getting the app working with JIT before an official ROM gets released. I can see more than one angry person that paid $30 for an app then upgrades to an official 2.2 release and the app not work.
