News December 30, 2008

SlingPlayer Mobile for BlackBerry now available

Gear Diary SlingPlayer Mobile for BlackBerry now available photo

SlingPlayer Mobile for BlackBerry devices is now available as a free (30 day trial) public beta from Sling. The cost after your first 30 days is a one time fee of $29.99 – the same that users on the Palm, Symbian and Windows Mobile platform pay for the mobile use of Sling. Unfortunately the setup of SlingPlayer Mobile seems to require the use of the Windows 2.0 SlingPlayer client which shuts me out form testing this at the moment. UPDATE: You can enter your Slingbox information manually if you chose not to log into your Sling.com account.

SlingPlayer – BlackBerry (mobile link) via BlackBerry News

Tags: BlackBerry Apps

The Altec Lansing moondance GLOW Review

T-Mobile to Ship Free Battery Upgrade to G1 Users?

About Wayne Schulz

View all posts by Wayne Schulz

Wayne is a diehard Blackberry user and consultant specializing in Sage MAS90 Accounting Software. He lives in Glastonbury CT with his two children. When not helping them with their homework or pushing the latest school fundraiser off on his co-workers, he is active hiking, Scuba Diving and investigating all manner of technology.

http://www.intensedebate.com/people/mas90guru Wayne Schulz

This is an odd duck that shuts out Mac users. The help files claim that you can add your SlingBox password via the BlackBerry client but what I see is view only.

I have no idea why Sling won't allow me to setup my password online versus having to use the Windows v2 client.

Update: Looks like you can set this up manually on the BlackBerry. You just have to chose NOT to login to Sling then supply your Finder ID and Password.