If you’re like me, you keep seeing these Internet ads for the Slingbox everywhere. I actually found out what it was the other day. The SlingPlayer allows you to view a complete home TV experience from popular handsets using standard network connections, which include 3G and WiFi. Sling Media has announced a partnership with Symbian Limited, a leader in open operating systems for smartphones, to bring the SlingPlayer to Symbian systems S60 and UIQ.

Not only will anyone with these smartphone operating systems be able to watch television, they will be able to have access to a Personal Video Recorder (PVR). This means users will be able to watch recorded shows, pause, and rewind live TV, even queue new recordings while away from home. So, if you have this operating system, you can catch your latest episode of your favorite TV show while on your way to work.

Will this change TV watching as we know it? Personally, I think it’s already changed enough in the last few years with TiVo and all. Something tells me that watching TV in the living room will soon be a completely planned experience, the exception and not the rule.