I'm an avid Slingbox user on a Window Mobile 5.0 phone. There are just too many things I hate about Windows Mobile and personally prefer using a Blackberry. What are the odds a mobile SlingPlayer will come out for the Blackberry OS on the 8800? Any speculations? Just curious to hear some of your thoughts on it.

Not heard of anything but that would be a killer app..

I made a post in thier mobile beta forum (i am a member) requesting this for the pearl and they responded that EDGE is slower than EVDO and could be a problem. Also asked for video format pearl supports. I responded with maybe just releasing for 8800 and using wifi until they could see better how edge performed. Also sent the video conversion specs. Haven't heard anyting else about it.

They said it is "possible" technically speaking, and will consider it if enough people show interest

That would be AWESOME! Have been thinking about a slingbox for a while. That would make the decision for me! It'd have to be for a Pearl, though!

Well lets point them to this thread and have everyone who "shows interest" to post.

Interest being shown

Ditto on interest...As long as TMO gets their act in gear and gets 3G going...

Extremely interested in this... Is there anybody at SlingMedia we can/should email?

Glad to see there are others showing interest! That is the 1 and only thing making me debate waiting for the 8800. I posted something int he slingcommunity.com forums, but no responses yet.

WTH is slingbox anyway? Is it just a media player app?

I am interested as well, but think this is only going to work over WiFi and not EDGE. When I try to use my slingbox over a 1XRTT connection on my laptop, it barely works. When I am in EVDO range, it works great. (BTW, I am using a Sprint EVDO card). There is rumor that Sling will develop a J2ME app and a Palm app soon, but, it is only rumor.

BTW, a sling box allows you to rebroadcast your cable or satellite service over the internet. It also allows you to control the cable/satellite box. I dont care much for most things on TV, but do use it to catch sports (especially local teams) when I am out of town.

Slingbox allows you to watch your TV shows on your windows mobile phone as long as you have a high speed internet connection. It streams your TV shows using your internet connection to your phone. It is as if you are watching TV at home. I don’t think it’s available for BlackBerry yet. They are currently working on making it compatible with Symbian.

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i will buy a slingbox if this becomes available.

VZW (EVDO) user here is very interested in a BBerry OS based Slingplayer. Have had the slingbox and slingplayer PC for over a year and love it as I travel a good deal.

I'd definitely be down with Slingplayer on my BB.

That would be great!

I'm willing to bet more people would end up slinging from a BB than any symbian OS. Just most BB users I know aren't the type to post in a forum requesting it. I know at least 5 other people at work who would immediately install sling on their BB.

It has to start with Sling Media supporting the OS. Currently, the only mobile it supports is WM. It doesn't support Palm OS either. Thus, it works on the Treo 700wx, but not on the 700P. BTW, I want Sling support and Bluetooth DUN on a 3G 8800. Soon. Please.

Seriously I can’t wait for slingbox to become available. But I wish they provided some sort of broadcasting service where they have like TV shows from all over the world and you pay a monthly fee to watch them, (hint to slingbox). I would sign up for that in a quickness because I only have basic cable! Some people are partnering up and exchanging channels! But some sort of broadcast service would make things easier.

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I think the sling media would be great for the BB but only ones with evdo support. Try it over edge, and it would just be too slow and thus rendering it unwatchable. When I watch it on my laptop in a very low signal area, it becomes very very fuzzy to the point where it wasn't worth watching it anymore.

Dear Slingbox, please make it happen.

Cingular is releasing the pearl soon next year. If so, will the slingbox work on the pearl through cingular? Cingular customer that just switched to T-mobile because I loved the pearl so much. Haven't cancelled cingular yet and have a 30 day return policy for T-mobile. If slingbox will work on cingular BB pearl, I will stay with cingular.

Welcome to the forums....

If it did work on a Cingular Blackberry, (which it doesn't work on any BB as of yet) it would work on a TMobile Blackberry as well.

This is a pipe dream that everyone would like to see Slingbox make into reality. It's definitely possible but, if you read in the thread, EDGE is kind of slow to make it really work so Slingbox would really have to put some research and engineering together to make it work. It may end up being limited to the EVDO BB's.

Or the ones with wifi...

oh, yeah, that one too! Thanks!

That would be Awesome!

I don't have a SlingBox but I would get one pretty Quick if this works on a 8700.

Does the SlingBox allow you to change channels at a distance?

CRJ

Yes- it's basically your exact TV at home streaming on any internet connection. Obviously because it's video and the amount of data being streamed it's much better used over high-speed/broadband connections. However, I have read reports that if you change the settings in SlingPlayer mobile, it is possible to get 15 fps over EDGE. So that's at least viewable. I haven't tried it yet though, so I can't speak from first hand experience.

And they have this available now for the 8700? if so what is it called and where can it be purchased.

Interest!!!! Now give me my cingular 8800!!!!!

No-- right now it's only available for Windows Mobile phones. You must use the software SlingPlayer Mobile to stream TV from your home (plus your phone must be able to stream video--which no Blackberry can right now), but since the 8800 will be able to stream video, we want a SlingPlayer that will operate on the Blackberry OS! You can purchase a Slingbox at Circuit City or Best Buy-- any retailer like that.

Very interested if compatible w/BB!

Anyone else love that commercial of the guy at dinner watching the game but telling his wife he's on the phone, then he does that spazzy thing. Great commercial!!!

Yes, haha.

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I was at a client's yesterday and they had just let go one of their tech guys. His EVDO enabled Windows phone was sitting around and i downloaded the Sling player for Windows and was amazed how well it worked. I was very impressed.

i am going to CES in January and Slingbox representatives will be there. I am going to ask a lot of questions and we might see some new product announcements. But a BlackBerry version is in the works, i have showed interest in this too, but hate WM 5. The more people we get, the better it is ti get the project underway

Awesome-- hopefully it will happen sooner than later!

Definately interested. I asked Santa for a Slingbox for Christmas....if Slingbox would make BB compatible, I would be a most happy lady!!

Sorry to ask the same question again but how can you change channels from a distance with your BlackBerry? Is there an application that installs on your BlackBerry that emulates your remote? Is it browser based?

Thanks,
CRJ

I would buy a slingbox if I could watch it on my pearl.

I'm in,
I am going to contact Sling and see what they have to say