mobile system symbian os
Nokia-Psion rumour raises more Symbian doubts
News Last month there were claims from the man at the helm of developing rival Palm OS that Nokia is getting too powerful within Symbian, while others have been equally unkind about Motorola's divestment from the venture. [10 Nov 2003]
Symbian adds another licensee - in Taiwan
News Symbian and its backers - heavyweights such as Ericsson, Motorola and Nokia as well as Psion, where the OS's roots lie - refer to the OS as "the global industry standard open operating system for advanced mobile phones". [12 Feb 2003]
Symbian joins Bluetooth wireless alliance
News Symbian - the Ericsson, Motorola, Nokia and Psion operating system (OS) joint venture - has teamed up with the Bluetooth alliance to base the first mobile devices on Psion's Epoc32 operating system, which has already been licensed and developed by... [05 Aug 1998]
Symbian to head smart phone market
News The mobile phone industry will sell 150 million smart phones in 2008, 15 times this year's sales, with the Symbian OS leading the smart phone operating system market, according to a report by ABI Research. [12 Jan 2004]
Symbian goes business with anti-Trojan next-gen OS
News Peter Bancroft, Symbian's VP of market communications, told silicon.com that OS v9 would help operators to create more customised devices, such as smart phones designed for mobile workers, gamers or people keen on multimedia services. [02 Feb 2005]
Mobile viruses stalk Symbian smart phones
News Symbian OS is the most popular operating system for smart phones, including those sold by market leader Nokia. Two-thirds of all smart phones shipped in the third quarter of last year ran the Symbian OS, according to recent Gartner research. [23 Jan 2006]
Symbian for PlayStation on the horizon?
News A potential move into non-cellular would see Symbian returning to its heritage: the Symbian OS has it roots in the Psion Epoc operating system, for PDAs. Smart phone OS-maker Symbian has hinted it would be open to expanding beyond the cellular. [18 Oct 2006]
Symbian handset sales quadruple
News At the end of Q3 2003, ten phones from four Symbian OS licensees were shipping worldwide. The company's licensees, including Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, Motorola, Siemens and others, shipped 3.91 million Symbian OS handsets through September of... [20 Nov 2003]
Symbian: 'Linux, Microsoft less of a threat than our customers'
News With handset makers traditionally risk averse to such moves, Symbian is working on trimming the costs associated with its operating system including reducing the amount of memory the OS uses and delivering reference designs with semiconductor... [25 Jan 2006]
The Bloor Perspective: Novell's directory supremacy, CE's struggles, and the problem of Net taxation
Comment As the boundaries between the hand-held computer and the mobile phone disappear, the Symbian/Nokia/Ericsson/Motorola consortium, which controls over 80 per cent of the market, will establish Symbian's EPOC as a de facto OS. [21 Nov 1999]
Microsoft targets Symbian supporters
News Nokia confirmed that Ballmer is personally lobbying senior executives to abandon their stake in rival handheld OS, Symbian. In a written statement, Motorola said: "We believe that Symbian offers consumers what they need and want, namely.a tried and... [03 Jun 1999]
Fight for smartphone supremacy hots up
News This battle will intensify over time as Microsoft vigilantly tries to have OEM deals and Nokia tries to convince other OEMs to use its Series 60 platform, along with Symbian OS," said Vora. The Nokia-supported Symbian operating system will continue... [22 Jul 2003]
Netphones threaten Windows dominance
News Microsoft is battling against Symbian, Sun and others to position Windows CE as the Netphone operating system (OS) of choice. It looks like they might favour Symbian, a joint industry product, but whatever it is, we'll follow their lead," they said. [19 May 1999]
Symbian resolute in face of mobile virus row
News Work on the Symbian OS kernel is ongoing, with security in mind, and version 9.0 will start appearing on devices at the end of this year with improved platform security features. Mobile phone operating-system maker Symbian has reacted to growing... [05 Sep 2005]
Symbian OS Version 7.0 Functional description
White Paper Symbian OS is the advanced, open operating system licensed by the world's leading mobile phone manufacturers. Symbian OS includes a robust multi-tasking kernel, integrated telephony support, communications protocols, data management, advanced... [10 Apr 2008]
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