Streaming content just got a little more bountiful for (some) BlackBerry users -- but at a cost. QuickPlay Media has launched QuickPlayer for BlackBerry, doing for podcasts "audiocasts" what SonaMobile has done for video by streaming audio content to the normally multimedia-challenged devices. QuickPlayer rolls deep with 100+ channels of content in pretty much every conceivable category from name-brand providers, though users will be paying $7.95 a month to do so. RIM's 7130e, 8700 series, and Pearl are currently supported, so grab the player download (if you've got a decent data plan, that is) and start listening to those Accuweather forecasts in style.

[Via Pinstack]

RIM's effort to position certain BlackBerries as more consumer-oriented products received a big shot in the arm today, as Sona Mobile Holdings -- which may or may not be the same company that's supposedly developing a Star Trek-themed cellphone -- announced the first-ever dedicated multimedia player for the company's "latest generation of devices." Although very little will be known about the software until it's unveiled at the Wireless Enterprise Symposium in Orlando next month, we do know that the so-called Sona BlackBerry Media Player will be able to handle streaming video, and that the first content provider will be CanWest Media Works. CanWest's offering will come in the form of a daily Sona Mobile BerryCast (their term for a wirelessly-updated podcast), which will deliver downloadable news clips to a user's device. Not even a screenshot is available yet to show you, unfortunately, but rest assured that we'll be all over this come May 16th.

[Via BBHUB]