Other Japanese vendors to have licensed the Symbian OS include Kenwood, Panasonic, Sanyo and Sony. Fujitsu has announced it has licensed the Symbian operating system which it will place at the heart of future 3G phones.
Operating systems from Symbian, PalmSource and Microsoft combine the functions of a cell phone and a personal digital assistant. Monday's announcement from Samsung means all five of the world's top phone makers - Nokia, Motorola, Ericsson, Samsung...
The underlying story is that Nokia controls over a third of the world handset business and is committed to the Symbian OS, even if it is playing with different user interfaces, so there are questions as to whether Microsoft can get to where it...
Last year two million phones shipped running Symbian, from three manufacturers. The forecast is that 35-40 per cent of mid- to high-end phones shipped in 2004 will be Symbian OS-based - meaning high visibility and more revenue.
Last year saw the MPx200 release - also offered by Orange - though Motorola continues to use the rival Symbian OS in some instances and work on Linux-based handsets. Orange last week told silicon.com that it has not calculated figures - shown to...
Peter Bancroft, Symbian's vice-president of market communications, told ZDNet UK on Wednesday morning that OS v9 would help manufacturers to create more specialised devices for niche groups, such as mobile workers, gamers or people keen on...
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