TiVo and Rim team up...

[Test]

http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/11/tivo-and-rim-team-up-for-blackberry-integration-prepping-slingb/

"TiVo and RIM are getting all friendly on us, teaming up to build software for the BlackBerry that could strike fear in the hearts of Slingbox and Orb."

http://gizmodo.com/5048389/tivo-coming-to-blackberries-eventually

"BlackBerry manufacturer RIM and TiVo manufacturer TiVo have teamed up to offer what sounds like SlingBoxesque mobile entertainment on RIM phones."

I know other posters here read these blogs, so I'm sure this is posted somewhere else, but my searches came up with nada...so here it is.

Would anyone get a BB just to stream their tivo content?

[jkalnin]

No, but my iPhone would make a perfect place to stream Tivo content...
HINT HINT

[KRKeegan]

I have my doubts about a slingbox like function. Currently the TiVo hardware has no way to transcode the video into a format that would stream across the internet well.

I can imagine some TiVo->TiVo Desktop->Internet version of streaming. This would have your PC do the heavy lifting of transcoding the video into a streaming format. But this could not be done live. You would not be able to stream a video from the TiVo to your phone. You would first have to send it to the PC and we all know how long that takes.

If I am missing something, please someone poke me.

[xboard07]

I use a Blackberry now and love it.

iPhone :rolleyes:

[ZeoTiVo]

what about HTC smartphones? i have an At&T tilt with kick @ss solid 3G and would love a streaming solution that did not take the expense of Sling or the lack of current development like ORB

[sinanju]

From a security perspective, I can see RIM associating your BB pin with your TiVo account and delivering via the RIM NOC.

Transcoding will be interesting... TiVo->PC->(Fluffy internet cloud) seems a recipe for multiple and simultaneous failures. Something as simple as getting content from Amazon to the TiVo can be bad enough.

[sinanju]

what about HTC smartphones? i have an At&T tilt with kick @ss solid 3G and would love a streaming solution that did not take the expense of Sling or the lack of current development like ORB

I have a BB Pearl and a Tilt. I use the tilt, simply because there are so many apps available. If all you need is messaging and calendar, the BB is much more solid, but I have too many apps I use when I travel that I just can't live without.

I, too, would love to see this on WM devices.

[Dan203]

I have my doubts about a slingbox like function. Currently the TiVo hardware has no way to transcode the video into a format that would stream across the internet well.

Doesn't the TiVo HD have a chip in it that does downsizing and transcoding? I thought I read that way back when it was first released. If so then that could be used for this application. Although it would leave out all the people with S3/S2 units, which don't have the chip.

Dan

[jimerb]

Is there a fee for the blackberry service?