There’s no hiding it – I’m addicted to the Olympics. The challenge for me has always been how to keep up with the action from my mobile phone. Four years ago I posted about a site called mOlympics.com - Today, the site is nothing more than a spam trap on the information super highway. Two years ago, I took the 2 weeks off work and watched everything and anything I could find about the Olympics.
This year, things are different. First off, NBC is powering a mobile version of the Olympic site – http://Mobile.NBCOlympics.com. It looks like the site is being updated pretty quickly with news and headlines from the games. Unfortunately, the site’s been down for a couple hours now. Hopefully it will be back online soon. Google is also showing the schedule and results for an event when you search for any Olympic sport from the mobile version of their site. Both sites have their pro’s and con’s. At this point, I’ve been using a little of both to get my fix, with the primary focus being NBCs effort.
My second solution is my Slingbox’s. Yes, that’s plural. I have one setup on the standard port for Sling. This works great from my smartphone, but that port is blocked by many organizations firewall. So the second Slingbox is setup on the much more common port 80. For reasons only my carrier knows, using Sling on port 80 from my smartphone doesn’t work. Anyway, with this setup, I have the best of both worlds. 
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