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While the latest round of details to surface for the Paris are not exactly as flattering as the rest, this should still prove to be a worthy handset. The new details that have come to light reveal a solid offering coming from SE. The P5 is a slider style phone with a QWERTY keyboard and will be UIQ based.

The handset also offers a touch sensitive display with one-touch screen rotation, the ability to browse or view bookmarks without sliding the handset open and one-touch zoom in/out navigation.

The Samsung based camera with auto-focus comes in at a nice 5-megapixels, and we can also expect to find Wi-Fi, an FM radio and standard Walkman player. The included GPS will default to Google Maps, however WayFinder 7 will also be installed as a trial option. Finally there will be support for Microsoft Office documents.

We also now know that the Paris is expected to retail for 400 Euros and is rumored to include UIQ 3.3 and Opera 9.5 at the time it ships. As of now it is expected to be available in early September.

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Looking to keep its promise of delivering newer versions of its SlingPlayer Mobile software, Sling Media has made updates available for download on their web site today. And not only did they update three currently existing versions of their software client, but they also added support for a few new devices, namely the Nokia N95 8GB, the Treo 500v, and the Samsung i760. Streaming has also been optimized on select handsets, and one such is the Sprint Mogul. Interestingly enough, though, the SlingPlayer Mobile software client on the Palm OS has not been upgraded yet like the other clients.

To download the latest version of SlingPlayer Mobile, all you have to do is log on to Sling Media’s web site and click on the appropriate links. You won’t be needing to fork out any money because the download for the upgrades are free, unless of course if you’re not already an existing customer, at which case you’d have to pay $30 per handset. And don’t forget you also need a Slingbox set up in your home (or any place you stay) for all this to work. So unless you do and you’re willing to pay for the hardware (and software, for new customers), don’t be dreaming up about this right now, thinking that things will magically appear out of nowhere. More info available at the following links.

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Heads up to all Sony Ericsson smartphone fans. The upcoming Sony Ericsson G700 smartphone just went through the clutches of the FCC, and guess what? It was given a go signal. No surprise there. So now SE only needs for the G700’s brother, the G900 to pass through the FCC as well, and they can simultaneously roll out two formidable new smartphones for enterprise users or the few people who are all business, all the time.

The Sony Ericsson G700 was first announced at MWC 2008 back in Barcelona, Spain, and the highlights of its features include a 240x320 pixel, 262k color touchscreen display, 160MB of internal memory with Memory Stick Micro support, 3.2-megapixel camera with dual-LED flash and it runs on the Symbian UIQ OS. This could be great news for those looking for a new kind of smartphone, only one has to consider, SE has a knack for having most of its devices approved by the FCC even though most of these will never see the light of day in the US market. And there aren’t any details on availability and pricing yet anyway, so I guess SE fanboys will just have to wait.

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It seems that Sling Media is planning to have a very busy year, with support coming to more and more devices. Dave Zatz has confirmed that they (Sling Media) have an iPhone SDK, but where they decide to go with be another story and an actual player has not been confirmed to be in the works yet. According to Dave “we know it’s [iPhone] a hot platform and we’ll see what our options are.” Sounds like it would be a smart move.

In addition Sling Media, just yesterday confirmed the upcoming SlingPlayer support for the Symbian UIQ, Nokia N95 8GB and also confirmed they still have the previously announced Blackberry player in the works. Assuming it all goes according to plan, it look like we geeks could have our choice of mobile phone and not have to worry about Sling Player support.

Via [CrunchGear]

Sling has announced their upcoming release of SlingPlayer Mobile for Symbian UIQ. With no specific date for launch, the SlingPlayer Mobile is expected to be available this summer and will support the Sony Ericsson P1i, P990i, W960i, W950i, M600i and the Motorola MOTORIZR Z8.

In addition Sling also has some good news for Nokia N95 owners, the current version of the SlingPlayer Mobile for Symbian S60 also has an update in the works, look for that sometime in the Spring of 2008.

A specific release date has not yet been announced, however we will be looking for more information to come during CTIA next week.

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Sling has announced that they’ll be rolling out an updated version of SlingPlayer this spring. The updated SlingPlayer will be optimized for devices running on Windows Mobile (both touchscreen and non-touchscreen versions) and they’re working on a similarly optimized Nokia N95 8GB client as well. Support for Symbian UIQ is also in the works and at the same time, their mulling over Apple’s recently released iPhone SDK for a possible future release of a stand-alone iPhone SlingPlayer client. Well, if that doesn’t get you excited, I don’t know what will. Think of it as a substitute for until YouTube begins live video streaming. Online video sites have yet to kill the couch potato’s holy grail, anyway.

Via [IntoMobile]