The 2009 CES is bringing in a lot of good news for all of us techie freaks. The latest buzz is that Sling Media Inc. has announced that the beta release of SlingMedia Mobile on select BlackBerry smartphones from RIM (Research In Motion). SlingPlayer Mobile for BlackBerry smartphones is now available to Slingbox customers in the UK, the US and Canada. What is more, this can be downloaded free of cost during the public beta period.

SlingPlayer Mobile, which requires BlackBerry Device Software 4.5 or greater, gives the user an amazing home TV experience of local channels, news and events, pay per view and so on, right on his BlackBerry smartphone, employing a standard network 3G Cellular, WiFi connection. In addition to this, SlingPlayer Mobile lets the user manipulate his home digital video recorder and play them as per his preferences.

The list of BlackBerry smartphones that are supported in the beta version are the BlackBerry Bold, Curve 8900, 8820, Curve 8320, Pearl Flip 8220 and Pearl 8120. You can download SlingMedia Mobile at http://mobile.slingmedia.com, from your BlackBerry browser.

BlackBerry Curve 8900

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Sling Media has been releasing one after other the mobile compatible versions of their award winning  SlingPlayer. As for today  Sling Media has today unveiled that its award-winning SlingPlayer Mobile software for smart phones which runs over UIQ user interface on Symbian OS including popular smart phones from Motorola and Sony Ericsson.

This new smart phone player will join the  existing SlingPlayer Mobile clients for Palm OS, Windows Mobile smart phone, Windows Mobile Professional, and Symbian S60. And amazingly there would be newer version  for BlackBerry and iPhone/iPod Touch which are currently in development. Sling Player Mobile gives Sling box owners the ability to watch and control their home TV from a network-connected mobile phone.

The UIQ handsets that will support Sling Player Mobile at launch include: Sony Ericsson P1i, Sony Ericsson P990i, Sony Ericsson W960i, Sony Ericsson W950i, Sony Ericsson M600i, Sony Ericsson G700, Sony Ericsson G900, Motorola Z8, and Motorola Z10. The application costs 19.99 GBP, including VAT. For a list of supported handsets and the application download, please visit http://downloads.slingmedia.com/go/mobile-uk.

Sling Media SlingPlayer

Foster City, CA and London, UK — March 27, 2008 — Sling Media, Inc., a digital lifestyle products company, today announced SlingPlayer™ Mobile for UIQ on Symbian OS™, bringing the best mobile TV experience to this popular smartphone platform. (more…)