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Question: I’m sick of not having Slingbox mobile so I want to switch to get a device that is compatible. Right now, I have the blackberry 50something something, the one that came out before the curve and its great. Any suggestions on what I should get that is similar to my blackberry and slingbox mobile compatible? My service provider is AT& T
Thanks

Answer 1: Get the blackjack. I have it and it works well, as long as you are in a 3g area. I have ATT also.

Answer 2: They say Slingbox will be available on blackberry by end of the year but I wouldn’t count on it. Sling announced back in January that it would be available for Blackberry by the end of the year but there’s been no update whatsoever since then. Their silence says a lot.

Answer 3: Slingbox Mobile works on any windows media phone or palm. Blackberry has been “coming soon” for more than a year. The Treo 800 just came out and slingbox is adapting to that winmo 6.1 device.

Answer 4: It’s not blackberry – It’s Slingmedia. They are the ones that need to come out with the software that can run on blackberry. And no, it doesn’t work on the iphone either. Unlike with blackberry, Slingmedia hasn’t announced any plans to come out with an application for the iphone, which is unfortunate because it would be amazing to be able to watch on that phone.

Question: Can anyone explain how Slingbox works? I believe I understand the basic concept. You plug this doohickey into your TV at “home,” and from there, you can somehow access it from a remote location through your Internet-connected PC, and in doing so, can watch your local TV channels on your PC.

So here’s my situation – I live in L.A., and am stuck with Charger, 49er, Raider, Bronco, and the occasional Cardinal game. However, my sister and her family lives in NY, where the Giants games are always local. Could I purchase the Slingbox, have it installed at her house, and use it from my apartment in L.A.? I guess the real question is, does it have any effect on what she and her family can watch, while I’m using it to watch the Giants game? Once it’s installed, can she pretty much forget that it’s there?

Answer 1: ust get Sunday Ticket.

Answer 2: It’s basically an over-the-Internet transmitter of television. To get into specifics, check the website below which has every answer you could want: http://www.slingcommunity.com

Answer 3: I have Slingbox. You have to watch whatever your sister is watching. If she has more than one TV, you can use the other one.

Answer 4: You could use the Slingbox but whatever cable box you hook up the interface to cannot watch a different program. If you add a cable box of your own at her place that would be fine. Having said that Direct TV is the way to go.

Answer 5: You hook it up to the cable coming into your sisters house. Then you connect the cat5 cable to your internet router. When the 2 lights on the box are on you are in business. Your sister will have to load the software on one of her PCs and get the routing info for you. Once you have that you are good to go. You do not have to listen to what they are listening to. Depending on the box you get TUNER (basic cable only) the AV and PRO give you cable box functionality. You control the station from your PC once you connect. The info you will need is what she calls the box and the finder ID which is like a MAC ID and lastly what password she is using. Only setback is only 1 access is available. If you are on nobody else can access unless you have a 2nd slingbox installed.