Slingbox PRO-HD and SlingPlayer for Blackberry

By on Jan 4, 2008 at 3:11 AM
Hardware January 4, 2008

With CES fast approaching, the season wouldn’t feel quite right without some early product announcements, right? Sling is bringing a couple of exciting offerings to the plate. First up is the new Sling PRO-HD which, as you might guess, brings High Definition support to the Sling family of place-shifting products. The PRO-HD looks like a great box, allowing you to stream 1080i video content to your networked computers, HDTVs, and remote broadband-connected devices. The Slingbox PRO-HD will retail for $399.99, though we won’t see it hit the streets until the third quarter of 2008. Next up is the new SlingPlayer client for BlackBerrys. This has been in the works for quite some time, and it’s nice to see that Sling hasn’t forgotten about the ‘Berry faithful. The new client should allow users to view their place-shifted content on any 3G-capable or Wi-Fi equipped BlackBerry. That leaves anyone with a GSM handset (save for the T-Mobile 8320 and the elusive 8120) out of luck, but if you’re a Sprint / Verizon customer with a new 8830 or 8130 consider yourself  lucky. We confirmed it will work over EDGE, but that won’t be the "network of choice". The new Sling BlackBerry software will be available "later this year" and should run you about $29.99. Hit the jump for an early look at the BlackBerry software.

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  • harryzuluberries

    Woohoo! It’s about darn time! Now I may go get my own slingbox instead of leeching my buddy’s…that is, if I like it enough on the small screen and depending on how stable the stream is.

    Anywho, promising either way! Hope this actually makes it to market THIS year.

  • Me

    Can someone define “later this year?” Is there even an expected quarter for the release of the blackberry sling player?

  • Radio

    Hold your horses til CES my friend.

  • Nic

    I for one can’t wait for this. I turned my buddy on to Slingbox and then he turns on me and shows me that he’s Sling’in on his mobile. Just about pissed me off. Anyways, I hope to be on an even playing field when it comes out. One question though…will I be able to sling to 2 BB8320′s on using the same Slingbox?

  • Ariel

    Yeah – Later this year? I doubt that. That has to be a typo for later this month.

  • Jordan

    When will the Tmobile pearl 2 with WiFi come out please??? Boy Genius where is your insider information on this one?

  • dan

    im also kinda waiting on the wifi pearl… my 8100 f’ed up so now im using a tmo shadow which is nice but you know once you go black you never go back

  • http://www.bgr.com The Boy Genius

    The SlingPlayer for BlackBerry client will be shown here and there at CES. It will not be available to purchase until later this year however. Late er this (’08) year. :)

  • Decoy

    will this work for the tmobile blackberry curve?

  • netBLASTER

    hey guys,how bout the t-mobile/HTC-Wingppc,whatsup on available version for me?

  • Dracula

    Great news on the Slingbox Pro-HD. I can’t wait to get this and slingcatcher to starting watching my television basically anywhere. As for the “Slingberry” that’s a relief that it’s soon approaching. Now if anyone can get some info on the Blackberry CDMA Curve for Verizon.

    Someone help us eager beavers.

  • Dracula

    yes, your TMO BB Curve should work. The posting said “OK” for EDGE service.

  • http://www.blackberryforums.com snowskier79

    Bring CES on! I’m ready to see the BGR/Engadget intel on the slingbox and other great coverage!

  • marvONE

    Oh ight! live comment from the dead fruit store!

  • Wags

    Has anyone heard anymore about when the SlingBox Blackberry client will be released?

  • y0lorenzo

    i remember the day this was posted. its august already. quite a bit “later this year.” where is the friggin slingplayer for blackberry already!?!

    granted, ive been waiting, im still waiting, until september 1 till my contract is up. im dead set on getting a blackberry. and i just cant pain myself to wait for the bold to come out.

    i know getting a curve wont have gps, but i wont need it, and it wont have 3g, but i’ll have a lot of wifi… and slingplayer will work on edge so i hear.

    i just want to KNOW that its here and i can get it finally in september.

    painstakingly waiting, lo

  • John Williams

    Still no word on when blackberry software will be out for Slingbox??

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