Scalado provides mobile imaging software solution for Symbian OS™

Scalado CAPS™, the imaging solution of choice for next generation Symbian smartphones

The Symbian Smartphone Show, 17 October 2006 - Scalado AB, a leading developer of digital imaging software, today announced that Scalado is providing Scalado CAPS™ as an extended imaging solution in Symbian smartphones with camera. CAPS enables highly efficient capture, editing, browsing, and manipulation of high-resolution megapixel images efficiently on any mobile camera-phone, thus giving Symbian smartphones with cameras the speed, performance and functionality that end-users would expect from a high-end, megapixel camera.

As part of the collaboration, Symbian will develop and add an extended C++ API on top of Scalado CAPS in order for the Symbian OS licensees to easily add their own camera, album and photo editing-applications. CAPS will be available in the Software Development Kit (SDK) for testing purposes and can be licensed directly from Scalado for its use in products.

Future users of Symbian smartphones will benefit from the unique features of the Scalado CAPS imaging SDK including feature modules such as SpeedView™ for instant image viewing, and AutoRama™ for automatic panorama function. All CAPS applications will enable faster and more efficient use of the device's camera function, which in turn should help increase MMS traffic for operators.

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"This is a great opportunity for both companies to cement our leadership in respective markets and field of expertise, with Symbian OS licensees benefiting from easier and faster development of camera and imaging applications, and a much shorter time to market," said Mats Jacobson, CEO Scalado.

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Jørgen Behrens, executive vice-president, marketing, Symbian confirms; "With Scalado's CAPS API, Symbian further strengthens its capabilities in multimedia by offering our licensees a feature rich imaging SDK which will translate into a much enriched user experience compared to other camera-phones."

Scalado CAPS images are decoded and encoded using Scalado's patented Image management technology RAJPEG™. RAJPEG reduces the amount of RAM memory required by a factor of 25x while still processing full resolution mega pixel images, and increases performance for image manipulation by a factor of up to 10x.

The new high level API will allow Symbian developers to easily design imaging applications without worrying about image processing, processing power, memory, image filters or poor user experience, which are all taken care of and built into Scalado CAPS.

With Symbian being the OS of choice for most global smartphones with a 67% market leading share, according to July 2006 figures from Canalys*, Scalado can help Symbian provide unprecedented mobile imaging performance while ensuring the lowest possible costs for Symbian OS licensees. Scalado CAPS will be distributed with Symbian OS from early 2007. The end-user benefits of the solution will be demonstrated on the Scalado and Symbian stand at The Symbian Smartphone show 17t –18th of October 2006, at Excel, London in Hall N4 at Stand 50.

Note to Editors:

Scalado will be demonstrating the new CAPS v3.3 at the Smartphone show in London 17-18 October. Key features on show will include the AutoRama™, JPEG Squeeze and SpeedView™ amongst others. Scalado can be found in Hall N4 at Stand 50, please feel free to pop along and see them, or alternatively please contact Andrew Ball (details below) to arrange a meeting.

About Symbian

Symbian is a software licensing company that develops and licenses Symbian OS, the market leading open operating system for advanced, data-enabled mobile phones, also known as smartphones.

Symbian licenses Symbian OS to the world's leading handset manufacturers and has built close co-operative business relationships with leading companies across the mobile industry. During H1 2006, 24 million Symbian OS phones were sold worldwide to over 250 major network operators, bringing the total number of Symbian OS phones shipped to 82.8 million.

Symbian has its headquarters in London, United Kingdom with offices in the United States, Europe (England and Sweden (UIQ Technology AB)), Israel and Asia (India, P.R. China, Korea, and Japan). Symbian

About Scalado

Scalado AB is a Swedish imaging software development company that focuses on the wireless device industry. It provides mobile imaging software solutions that are powerful, scalable and modular for any camera phone. Its mission is to make imaging on mobile phones more efficient – bringing higher usability for end-users and cutting hardware costs for device manufacturers. With unique and patented software technologies, it is solving critical performance issues with less memory and CPU requirements.

Founded in 2000, Scalado has its head office in IDEON Research Park in Lund, Sweden. The company's principal shareholders are IVS A/S, Olicom A/S, Industrifonden, Teknoseed AB and the company's founders. Scalado

Media Enquiries

Symbian Paul Jarrat +44 0207 154 1194 press@symbian.com	Scalado Mats Jacobson CEO +46 733-11 82 28 mats.jacobson@scalado.com
Andrew Ball/Chaz Brooks Com 01483 537 890 chazb@chazb.com

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