Sling TV To Your Smartphones April 01, 2008

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Sling Media, makers of the great Slingbox remote TV devices, has announced SlingPlayer Mobile for UIQ on Symbian OS to allow Slingbox owners with smartphones to access their TV no matter where they are.

The company has also revealed that that its existing SlingPlayer Mobile for S60 on Symbian OS will soon support Nokia’s N95 8GB phone this Spring.

As long as you have a Slingbox connected to your TV – which allows you to remotely view your TV or recorded TV programmes from anywhere via a PC or laptop – you can now access them from your smartphone too.

The first UIQ handsets to be supported from this summer include:

Sony Ericsson P1i
Sony Ericsson P990i
Sony Ericsson W960i
Sony Ericsson W950i
Sony Ericsson M600i
Motorola MOTORIZR Z8

The company expects to add a lot more to list this year as well as support BlackBerry - previewed here - and there’s talk that iPhone support could soon be on the way too.

The best bit is that there’s no silly monthly fee. SlingPlayer Mobile costs £20 and you can try it free for a month first here.-Martin Lynch

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