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Sony Ericsson Launches WebSDK for Android and Symbian

IntoMobile — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:24:40 +0000

In preparation for the incoming X10, Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE) has opened up a new tool for developers called WebSDK. As you might imagine, it allows developers to write mobile…

Meet the Sony Ericsson Kurara

IntoMobile — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:34:15 +0000

The most promising thing coming from Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE) these days is the Android-powered X10, but not so fast – they haven’t put all of their eggs in one…

Mahindra Satyam joins Symbian Foundation

IntoMobile — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:05:43 +0000

Symbian Foundation has a new member company – Mahindra Satyam, which has officially joined the likes of Nokia (NYSE: NOK), NTT DoCoMo (NYSE: DCM), Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE) and others.…

Samsung not dropping Symbian after all

IntoMobile — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:20:18 +0000

Samsung will not drop the Symbian support, despite the rumor that has started spreading across the Interwebs few days ago. The Korean company commented on the story, which BTW originates…

Samsung Senior Vice President Don Joo Lee: We’re not making Symbian devices anymore

IntoMobile — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:34:11 +0000

Samsung, who is a member of the Symbian Foundation, is supposedly going to stop producing Symbian devices by 2011 if a report from Digitimes is to be believed. Senior Vice President…

Samsung announces new mobile OS, forgets to mention why anyone would like it

IntoMobile — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:58:37 +0000

Samsung has just announced a brand spanking new mobile operating system named “Bada”, which is Korean for ocean. They didn’t mention a single feature that makes it stand out, nor…

Qualcomm, Fujitsu join Symbian Foundation

IntoMobile — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:27:59 +0000

Two major companies are joining the Nokia (NYSE: NOK)-led Symbian Foundation. They are Qualcomm (NSDQ: QCOM) and Fujitsu (OTCPK: FJTSY), both of which will get a seat at Foundation’s board…

Nokia’s Here and Now adds movies and restaurants

IntoMobile — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:55:25 +0000

Remember Nokia (NYSE: NOK)’s Here and Now project we covered some time ago? It has been updated recently to include movies and restaurants to the mix. This means that now (and…

O2 Slovakia offers Fring to its customers

IntoMobile — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:11:14 +0000

Fring had some great news to share recently, as O2 (NYSE: TEF) Slovakia is testing how its users like the popular VoIP/multi-network IM client — subscribers of O2 can grab…

Becoming a better blogger, reader and helping me take out the trash: Trimming in Public: Episode 14

IntoMobile — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:01:11 +0000

Trimming in Public is a series where I go through my list of 293 RSS feeds, 10 feeds at a time, give some detail as to why I subscribed to…

China Mobile on board to support Symbian Foundation

IntoMobile — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:58:38 +0000

China Mobile (NYSE: CHL) and Symbian Foundation announced a partnership agreement to collaborate on a series of key initiatives to “improve the mobile ecosystem in China and to stimulate the development…

ST Ericsson porting Android to their U8500 platform; multicore support coming to Android

IntoMobile — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:22:05 +0000

In a recent message sent to the Android Platform mailing list, Andrea Gallo from ST Ericsson says that the company is in the process of porting Android to their U8500…

Symbian Plays Temptress To Lure iPhone Developers

Priya — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:57:18 +0000

We all truly love the Symbian Foundation’s robo-duckie mascot, don’t we? Sadly enough for Symbian, though, it’s going to take more than just charm and grace to win over the…

Sony Ericsson Kokura Seems Very Similar To The Idou

Priya — Mon, 25 May 2009 09:13:53 +0000

Okay, guys, here is your first and very blurry picture of a device that is supposedly the Sony Ericsson “Kokura”. This looks the spitting image of the Idou. Interestingly, the…

AT&T Might Push Back Nokia E71x Release

Priya — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:54:30 +0000

The latest buzz in mobile town is that there has been a bug in the much-anticipated Nokia E71x’s firmware, which involves email, which was one of the most important factors…

Samsung Claims To Hold A Quarter Of The Global Touchscreen Phone Market

Priya — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:34:41 +0000

Samsung recently announced that it had shipped more than 5 million of its touchscreen F480 mobile phone units. The company now claims to hold 25% of the world’s touchscreen mobile…

New Carrier, Zer01 Mobile, Emerges In The Market

Priya — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:15:11 +0000

A new company known as Zer01 Mobile has apparently emerged in the market and it claims to be a phone carrier. It offers users unlimited voice and data for $70…

Nokia E71 Will Finally Be Available on April 1st From AT&T

Priya — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:18:25 +0000

Remember we have mentioned just last week that the Nokia E71 and many other phones are expected to be available very soon in the market? Well, the latest news is…

Windows Mobile, BlackBerry and Symbian devices to get VoIP from JAJAH

Priya — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:02:04 +0000

JAJAH yesterday announced new VoIP solutions for Windows Mobile, BlackBerry and Symbian. With this service users may now make calls via Wi-Fi or over the cellular network. JAJAH for Windows…

Quickoffice is Now Powering up Symbian S60 Smartphones

Priya — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:14:46 +0000

This upgrade in the newest Quickoffice version allows you to view ZIP files, Excel 2007, and password-protected files as well. Quickoffice is a leading mobile provider in office productivity within reach…

Windows Live Messenger Is Now Available For Symbian 5th Edition Gadgets

Priya — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:57:46 +0000

PhoneArea’s always trying to get you the latest and hottest news, as and when it happens, in the mobile phone industry. Here is some more interesting stuff for you guys.…

Mobile leaders to unify the Symbian software platform and set the future of mobile free

Roman — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:25:35 +0000

London, UK – Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola and NTT DOCOMO announced today their intent to unite Symbian OS(TM), S60, UIQ and MOAP(S) to create one open mobile software platform. Together with…

Nokia to acquire Symbian Limited to enable evolution of the leading open mobile platform

Roman — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:22:31 +0000

Espoo, Finland – Nokia today announced it has launched a cash offer to acquire all of the shares of Symbian Limited that Nokia does not already own, at a price of…

S60 extending the lead in Internet innovation and experiences

Roman — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:01:33 +0000

San Francisco, USA / Espoo, Finland – S60 on Symbian OS, the leading platform for mobile innovation, today announced extended capabilities of its Web Run-Time offering allowing creation of personal and…

DoCoMo to Develop Operator Pack for FOMA Handsets

Roman — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:03:34 +0000

TOKYO, JAPAN, April 21, 2008 — NTT DoCoMo, Inc. today announced that it will develop an operator pack for FOMA™ 3G handsets compatible with specifications established by the LiMo Foundation™.…

Dolby Laboratories Brings Rich Audio Experiences to Symbian OS Smartphones

Roman — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:21:15 +0000

Las Vegas, March 31, 2008 – Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB) and Symbian Limited today confirmed that Dolby Laboratories has joined the Symbian Platinum Partner Program, offering Dolby® Mobile for Symbian OS.…

Sling Media Announces SlingPlayer Mobile for UIQ on Symbian OS

Roman — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:09:18 +0000

Foster City, CA and London, UK — March 27, 2008 — Sling Media, Inc., a digital lifestyle products company, today announced SlingPlayer™ Mobile for UIQ on Symbian OS™, bringing the best…

Nokia to bring Microsoft Silverlight powered experiences to millions of mobile users

Roman — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:30:18 +0000

Espoo, Finland – Nokia today announced plans to make Microsoft Silverlight available for S60 on Symbian OS, the world’s leading smartphone software(1), as well as for Series 40 devices and Nokia…

Child-Friendly FOMA F801i launched today is based on Symbian OS

Roman — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:44:37 +0000

TOKYO, Japan – 20 December, 2007 – Symbian Limited today welcomes NTT DoCoMo’s launch of the FOMA F801i which is based on Symbian OS???? and started shipping in Japan today.

Symbian OS is…

FOMA F905i and FOMA SO905i launched today are based on Symbian OS

Roman — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:20:50 +0000

Symbian Limited today welcomes NTT DoCoMo’s launch of the FOMA F905i and the FOMA SO905i which are based on Symbian OS???? and started shipping in Japan today.

Symbian OS is the…

FOMA D905i and SH905i launched today are based on Symbian OS

Roman — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:46:44 +0000

Symbian Limited today welcomes NTT DoCoMo’s launch of the FOMA D905i and the FOMA SH905i which are based on Symbian OS???? and started shipping in Japan today.

Symbian OS is the…

Symbian smartphone users gain enhanced mapping and location based services

Roman — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:01:00 +0000

The Symbian Smartphone Show, London, UK – October 16 2007 – Symbian Limited today announced that Google has made available a free, native Symbian C++ version of Google Maps???? for mobile…

Symbian brings big screen effects and broadband to consumers’ pockets with ScreenPlay and FreeWay

Roman — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:34:58 +0000

The Symbian Smartphone Show, London, United Kingdom – October 16 2007 – Symbian Limited, developer and licensor of Symbian OS????, the market-leading operating system for advanced, data-enabled mobile phones known as…

S60 smartphone software evolves to enrich the user experience

Roman — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:46:35 +0000

Symbian Smartphone Show, London, UK – As Internet is entering into the core of mobile experiences, Nokia continues to implement new innovations for S60 on Symbian OS(TM), the market leading smartphone…

Atelier and Philip Zimmermann secure Voice over IP communications on Symbian smartphones

Roman — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 10:39:08 +0000

Atelier, a leading provider of wireless software solutions for smart devices and Philip Zimmermann, creator of PGP®, the most widely used email encryption software in the world, today announced they…

Symbian and ARM Cooperate in Bringing Symmetric Multi Processing (SMP) to Future Phones Enabling High-End PC Capabilities to Consumers’ Pockets

Roman — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:25:50 +0000

9AM PST, Santa Clara, California – October 3, 2007 – Symbian Limited today announced Symbian OS support for the ARM Symmetric Multi-processor (SMP) architecture.

SMP support in future versions of Symbian OS…

Symbian welcomes the US HSDPA variant of the Nokia N95

Roman — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:17:47 +0000

San Francisco, USA – September 10, 2007 – Symbian Limited today welcomes the launch of the new North American optimized Nokia N95 multimedia computer based on S60 and Symbian OS????.

This new…

FOMA Raku-Raku PHONE IV launched today is based on Symbian OS

Roman — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 18:19:08 +0000

TOKYO, Japan – 17 August, 2007 – Symbian Limited today welcomes NTT DoCoMo’s launch of the FOMA Raku-Raku PHONE IV which is based on Symbian OS???? and started shipping in Japan today.

The…

FOMA SH704i launched today is based on Symbian OS

Roman — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:22:50 +0000

TOKYO, Japan –27 July, 2007 – Symbian Limited today welcomes NTT DoCoMo’s launch of the FOMA SH704i which is based on Symbian OS???? and started shipping in Japan today.

The FOMA SH704i,…

FOMA F704i launched today is based on Symbian OS

Roman — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:14:37 +0000

TOKYO, Japan –20 July, 2007 – Symbian Limited today welcomes NTT DoCoMo’s launch of the FOMA F704i which is based on Symbian OS and started shipping in Japan today.

The FOMA F704i,…