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SlingPlayer Mobile Now On Symbian UIQ Phones
Posted by Mark Wilson at 11:59 PM on September 10, 2008
If that headline made no sense to you, no worries. Carry on with your cushioned world of neutered iPhone apps. If it did, then you may be pleased to know that SlingPlayer Mobile is now available on Symbian phones running the UIQ interface. And just because we're so thoughtful, we pasted the currently supported phones after the jump.

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