SlingPlayer Mobile for Blackberry to go Beta on 30/12

The SlingPlayer app for BlackBerry, which enables you to watch and
control your home TV and DVR via your Slingbox, will enter public beta
on the 30th of December 2008. Customers in the U.S, Canada, and the U.K
will be the first ones to avail the download. The app had been in
private beta for almost a year. Amongst the major smartphone operating
systems, the SlingPlayer app has come last to RIM BlackBerry.

A high-speed Internet connection, a P.C on the home network with
SlingPlayer 2.0 for Windows, and a Slingbox with remote viewing enabled
are the chief requirements for watching live TV, including satellite and
cable, remotely on your BlackBerry. BlackBerry models on which the
SlingPlayer will run straightaway include BlackBerry Bold, Curve 8900,
8820, Curve 8320, Pearl Flip 8220, and Pearl 8120. These have to be
updated to OS 4.5. The private beta phase was carried out on one version
of the BlackBerry Pearl. However, BlackBerry Storm has been excluded
from models on which the SlingPlayer will run. Sling Media support for
the device is dependent on your location and carrier.