SlingPlayer Mobile for BlackBerry coming on 30th December

Sling Media has confirmed that the BlackBerry version of its SlingPlayer Mobile place-shifting application will be available on 30th December, as a public beta.

You’ll need a Slingbox to use it, and you’ll have to be in the UK, US or Canada. The app will be free during the beta period, after which it’ll presumably cost around the same £19.99 price as the existing Windows Mobile and Symbian versions.

At launch, it’ll work with the BlackBerry Bold, the Curve 8320 and 8900, the 8820, the Pearl 8120 and the Pearl Flip 8220. There’s a mobile site – http://mobile.slingmedia.com/go/bbcheck – that you can access from your handset to check if it’s got the right software version too (4.5 or greater, apparently).

Sling Media says it’s working with BlackBerry maker Research In Motion to get the app onto other devices in the near future. You can find out more from the official SlingPlayer Mobile for BlackBerry section of the company’s website.

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