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Symbian security slip-up: Trojan passes security test
News The Symbian Foundation has acknowledged that its process for keeping malicious applications off Symbian OS-based phones needs improvement, after a Trojan horse program passed a security test. The... [20 Jul 2009]
Symbian offers app developers a helping hand
News Developers working on apps for Symbian OS are to be offered a helping hand. The Symbian Foundation, the organisation which steers the development of the open source mobile OS, has announced a new... [16 Jul 2009]
Is Apple's iPhone App Store too far ahead for others to catch up?
News And the Symbian Foundation is also working on a developer program to get more applications on the market for consumers with smartphones running the Symbian operating system. Companies, such as Nokia,... [15 Jul 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Google Android
Cheat Sheet Secondly its decision to launch an open source platform has rocked mobile's boat - it was doubtless a big part of the reason why proprietary mobile OS maker Symbian is now called the open source Symbian... [10 Jul 2009]
Weekend Gadget Watch: Samsung i8910 HD
Photo Dazzling Amoled screen; high-resolution video recording; eight-megapixel camera; customisable home screen; meaty Symbian operating system; good-looking user interface The best Symbian touchscreen phone... [10 Jul 2009]
Symbian takes step towards open source with first package release
News The Symbian Foundation has released its first open-source software package, the first step in the organisation's plan to eventually open source the entire Symbian mobile operating system. The... [10 Jul 2009]
Nokia denies there's an Android phone in the making
News It is a well known fact that Symbian is our platform of choice for smartphones. Going for Android would certainly have been a surprising move for Nokia, given the time and money it has put into opening up... [06 Jul 2009]
Nokia lets Maemo developers in on the Qt
News Basing Maemo Harmattan on Qt will make it easier for developers to write applications for both Maemo and Symbian, Nokia's smartphone platform, the Finnish company's development platform product manager Quim Gil said on... [06 Jul 2009]
Seeking memorable mobile apps
Comment This includes handset vendors such as Nokia, Palm and RIM; software platform vendors such as Microsoft and Symbian; mobile operators who have devices tailored or tuned to their specifications and networks; and a number... [02 Jul 2009]
Photos: Top 10 smartphones you could take a shine to
Photo While Nokia may still be the world's biggest mobile maker, this recent offering, the N97, in the smartphone space has drawn mixed reviews, with complaints about its unresponsive touchscreen and its relatively old OS,... [30 Jun 2009]
Free apps way to woo users into opening wallets?
News Citrix is also developing it for other mobile platforms such as Symbian, Windows Mobile and Android. Virtualisation software company Citrix is aiming to drive uptake of its technology by giving away several of its latest... [17 Jun 2009]
Weekend Gadget Watch: Nokia E75
Photo Inside, Nokia has stuck to what it does best, with the powerful, familiar Symbian S60 operating system and a decent 3.2-megapixel camera. Considering hitting the shops at the weekend? Looking for inspiration? [05 Jun 2009]
Forget the netbook: The future of mobile is wearable
News According to Lee Williams, director of mobile OS organisation the Symbian Foundation, hardware roadmaps are heading in a new direction altogether - and in the not-too-distant-future too. Can't decide between a netbook, a... [18 May 2009]
iPhone gets cut and paste with Quickoffice
News Quickoffice, the makers of office productivity software for Symbian and BlackBerry handsets, has released its first suite for the iPhone. Quickoffice for iPhone, which was made available on Monday, allows full editing of... [22 Apr 2009]
Symbian lands on Atom to fuel netbooks?
News A Symbian Foundation team has ported the Symbian operating system, used in mobile phones, onto an Atom-based motherboard, which is used mainly in netbooks. Lee Williams, the executive director of the... [20 Apr 2009]
