Sling Media supporting BlackBerry

Posted by Jack Cook on Mar 27, 2009

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For those of you that have a Blackberry, SlingPlayer Mobile is now available and lets you watch and control your home TV and DVR via your Slingbox on your BlackBerry smartphone. Cool!  Earlier today, I received and email letting me know that Sling Media’s SlingPlayer Mobile for BlackBerry has officially exited public beta and is now available as an over the air download from mobile.slingmedia.com using a BlackBerry Smartphone’s web browser.

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There is a one time charge of $29.99 but there is also a 30-day free trial for you to try it out.  Of course, you need a Slingbox connected to your television source to take advantage of this software.

There have been a lot of improvements made as a result of the beta process.  Some of the changes are:  

· Ability to add/ edit Slingboxes and Channel Favorites directly on SlingPlayer Mobile, not just via SlingPlayer 2.0 for Windows, which in the past was then propagated down to the BlackBerry

· Additional setting to optimize low bandwidth streaming

· Additional convenience features, e.g. current connection type indicator, volume level indicator, keypad lock, in addition to general UI improvement

· Enhanced aspect ratio/ display mode support

· Audio track selection if available as part of the channel program 

This list is the currently supported BlackBerry smartphones in the U.S. and if your device is not listed, hang in there … more are coming all the time!  

BlackBerry Bold from AT&T
BlackBerry Curve 8900 from T-Mobile*
BlackBerry 8820 from AT&T*
BlackBerry Curve 8320 from AT&T*
BlackBerry Curve 8320 from T-Mobile*
BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 from T-Mobile*
BlackBerry Pearl 8120 from AT&T*
BlackBerry Curve 8350i from Sprint Nextel*

* Supported by SlingPlayer Mobile when used with Wi-Fi connection.

Check it out here at Sling Media – BlackBerry

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Jack spent 35 years teaching mathematics, worked as a Dean of Students, and completed his career as a Principal of a suburban school just outside of Boston, Massachusetts. Throughout his years in public education, the computer field has always sparked an interest in him.In his early years as a teacher, he became proficient with computers by teaching himself “BASIC” with an old HP card reader. Handheld computers soon became his passion where he eventually focused his attention on the HP iPAQ. Jack participates in several discussion groups and is currently serving as Senior Editor on Mobilitysite, serves as a moderator in the Microsoft Windows Phone forums and maintains his personal site, Experience Mobility. Jack brings to the mobile device community, news, events, and reviews that generate the same passion in handheld’s that he has had.

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