SlingPlayer Mobile for BlackBerry goes beta at long last on December 30

by Chris Ziegler posted Dec 18th 2008 at 12:57AM

Great googly moogly, we wrote about this very application like fifty weeks ago. Fifty, people! Of course, with the drawn-out SlingCatcher drama, lengthy Sling product cycles aren't a terribly big surprise, so we should just all thank our lucky stars we're going to be getting our hands on SlingPlayer Mobile for BlackBerry before the year's out. The app officially enters its public beta cycle come December 30 for the Bold, the Curve 8320 / 8900, the Pearl 8120 / 8220, and the venerable 8820, piping your home teevee right to your handset and usurping any semblance of productivity your BlackBerry otherwise stands for. A 3G or WiFi connection is "strongly recommended" -- which we take to mean "go ahead, give EDGE a whirl" -- but BlackBerry OS 4.5 is a hard and fast requirement, so make sure you come equipped with the goods if you want to waste some quality time in front of the small screen when this goes live.

Filed under: Media streamers, Others

Tags: blackberry, breaking news, BreakingNews, sling, sling media, SlingMedia, slingplayer

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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Brian Kaempen @ Dec 18th 2008 3:35AM

And the iPhone is where?

-Brian

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jeesusfreek @ Dec 18th 2008 3:40AM

I still don't understand the point of slingplayer, exactly. I've done my research and i'm very tech savvy, but what's the sense in spending this kind of money when...i don't know, there's got to be a better solution for what it's trying to do?

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Don @ Dec 18th 2008 5:32AM

As with all gadgets its a matter of personal choice and uses. I have been Slinging since the original, now upgraded to the Pro long ago. Being a news/sports junkie I have Sling on almost everyday on my second screen in the office. I have only one TV in my place in the living room but even there I have used Sling often (see the commercial about the kid playing the XBox and Dad wanting to see the game on? that's me sometimes). I used to travel a lot for business (not as much now thank goodness) and used my Sling often in the hotel/airport as well. As for the phone (Tilt here) not often but when I do it works ok for news/sports - not too sure about other TV which I have not really tried, just can't see watching a 2 hour movie on that screen. Bottom line no matter where you are as long as you have internet you have access to your entire AV system - TV, PVR, Audio.

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David @ Dec 20th 2008 3:15PM

I have two classic units and now one solo. The Solo picture in my house is much better than the Classic because of the component connection. I hve not tested it outside my house.. The customer service is outstanding and having a 1TB hard drive attatched to my D*DVR it workes fine to share with my family and friends

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