[smyers27]

Not sure if anyone else saw this but Sling is finally releasing an open beta version of their software for the bold on Dec. 30th. I have been waiting for this for a long time. The details are on the slingmedia site.

[TroyDBrown]

SlingPlayer Public Beta Starts December 30th | BlackBerryNews.com

[carlsturm]

i can't wait

Originally Posted by smyers27

Not sure if anyone else saw this but Sling is finally releasing an open beta version of their software for the bold on Dec. 30th. I have been waiting for this for a long time. The details are on the slingmedia site.

[blulite]

It's ready to download.

Sling Instructions

[jimdarcy]

has anybody tried this on an EDGE network connection, i have an 8320 on TMO EDGE

thanks

[cmjanus]

any one try on sprint 8330? lists an 8320 but i was wondering if it may work?

[blulite]

Originally Posted by jimdarcy

has anybody tried this on an EDGE network connection, i have an 8320 on TMO EDGE

thanks

I can't imagine this works on EDGE. It's a little choppy on 3G, and works really great on WIFI.

[dbltap]

Originally Posted by cmjanus

any one try on sprint 8330? lists an 8320 but i was wondering if it may work?

There is no support for CDMA in the initial release. Sprint, Verizon, Telus & Bell will have to wait a bit longer.

EDGE is not officially supported. However, depending on how strong your EDGE signal is, you might be able to get a decent amount of streaming with some newer devices. Keep the audio at low mono to reduce bandwidth requirements.

Happy streaming.

[carlsturm]

c'mon, it's 10a EST on 12/30 - no reviews yet ?

[cmjanus]

When is the official release, any one know????

[kaiso]

Works perfect on my Bold

[blulite]

Originally Posted by kaiso

Works perfect on my Bold

Kaiso - Are you seeing any choppy frames, or is it perfect? Are you using WIFI or 3G?

Jeff

[jeproks]

Works great on my Bold. No choppy frames using WiFi or 3G. Only issue I'm having is there's a loud popping sound on my headphones after I control the slingbox.

[tennisc3]

I have used Sling Mobile on Verizon CDMA network (XV6600 - WM 6.0) - works great...TMO EDGE (Dash - WM 6.0) - although EDGE wasn't able to stream it - it worked good when on WIFI. Regarding the Bold - I downloaded it, but I need to allow remote connection from router....hopefully I'll be up and streaming later....

[EricScott]

It's working awesome for me as well. One issue I am having is with the "Connection Method" setting. By default it says WiFi Preferred. When I leave it like that it can't connect (could be an issue w/ my wifi network at home although the wifi icon is white and the browser works fine). If I switch it to Mobile Preferred it works totally fine. Very impressed w/ the quality over 3G (I have full bars in my apartment). So not sure I even need Wifi, but you would think that the Wifi Preferred would try Wifi and if that didn't work would try the mobile network. There is a separate option for Wifi only.

Anyway, curious if others have noticed similar behavior.

BTW, setting up your mobile favorites through your PC makes life much easier. I picked all the SD versions of the channels I like and they show up w/ logo for each channel changing.

Awesome product.

[smyers27]

It really is fantastic. I am using mine with just the 3G network and it is a decent stream quality. The audio and video gets slightly out of sync at times but it really does not bother me.

[jimdarcy]

Originally Posted by smyers27

It really is fantastic. I am using mine with just the 3G network and it is a decent stream quality. The audio and video gets slightly out of sync at times but it really does not bother me.

if u turn the video off, just stream audio, does that decrease the chop?

[glopezur]

In 3G does it work over BIS or it needs to have configured my carrier APN settings to work.

[blulite]

Originally Posted by glopezur

In 3G does it work over BIS or it needs to have configured my carrier APN settings to work.

I asked on the slingcommunity forum, and the answer came back that the communication is limited to TCP only (something to the effect that they are not allowed to use BIS/BES).

Jeff

[glopezur]

Wirelessly posted

Thanks jeff; looks like I'm out of luck since my carrier offers me unlimited data plan but only trough BIS. If I use TCP they charge me for every Kb I use :(