Sling Media, makers of the video-shifting Slingbox, have announced a new SlingPlayer Mobile client for Symbian UIQ.  The app - which will allow users to watch video streamed from their home on their cellphone - will be released this Summer, and give full control of the home TV and, if suitably set up, a PVR for recording shows and playing them back.  The company has also revealed that it is working on a new version of SlingPlayer Mobile for S60, which will now support the Nokia N95 8GB, to be released in the Spring.

“We are excited to expand our support for Symbian smartphones, providing customers with the best possible mobile TV experience. With over two-and-a-half billion global 3G and WiFi connections the market potential for mobile TV is huge.  In order to meet this growing desire for mobile TV, we will continue to expand the availability of SlingPlayer Mobile to as many platforms and devices as possible. Adding SlingPlayer Mobile to such a cutting edge platform as UIQ on Symbian OS is a great step forward in expanding user accessibility to their home TV set-up” Blake Krikorian, co-founder and CEO, Sling Media 

“SlingPlayer Mobile for Symbian smartphones extends the reach of home TV viewing to a user’s phone with the same diverse line-up of viewable content. We’re excited to have the SlingPlayer experience delivered to UIQ — it’s fast, it’s fun, and it offers an enjoyable user experience” Jerry Panagrossi, Vice President and General Manager of North American Operations, Symbian 

The UIQ software will initially support the following handsets, with further models added later: 

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

Sling Media will continue their pricing for the new versions, with the software coming in at $29.99 US, $34.99 Canadian dollars or £19.99.