Symbian OS 7.0, announced at 3GSM, means we will soon be seeing mobile phones and wireless PDAs that mix 3G features with Java and some crucial security measures. Symbian, the mobile phone ...

The focus of Symbian OS version 9 is to enable high-volume, midrange handsets and to address the requirements of this market through an industry-standard application binary interface (ABI), a ...

Symbian, whose operating system is best known for driving sophisticated wireless "communicators", is to make low-end, mass-market mobile phones more central to its strategy. The company tends to keep ...

Symbian Ltd. today launched Symbian OS 7.0s. The new operating system version add several key new features. The new OS lets users access more than one network service at the same time, with varying ...

This a guest post by Tim Ocock who first worked at Symbian when the consortium was created in the summer of 1998. Returning in 2001, he worked in a dual commercial/technical role that necessitated ...

Or just bring some fun to the platform. For years, Nokia, which is the primary user of the Symbian OS, has been synonymous with boring-especially when compared with devices like the, uh, iPhone. Add ...

Privately held Symbian has licensed ARM Ltd’s Jazelle technology software for use in future versions of its Symbian OS, reports Electronics Weekly, an e-inSITE affiliate. This is the first time an ...

CANNES, France — Symbian Ltd. made a low-key launch of its latest operating system for mobile communications gear on Tuesday (Feb. 19) at the 3GSM World Congress here, following the resignation last ...

There was a time, long ago, when Nokia dominated the mobile phone market, but sadly, the company failed to evolve with the times. It has been close to a decade since the last high-end Nokia Symbian ...

Versions 3 and 4 of platform are due this year, with version 3 likely to be feature-complete next month Symbian Foundation, responsible for development of the Symbian mobile OS, is readying its ...

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The Symbian Foundation will move forward on Thursday with offering up the full Symbian smartphone platform to open source. The Symbian 3 platform, including applications, middleware, and the kernel ...