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'Symbian OS Smartphones for Dummies' launched

Pocket-size guide to teach you all about Symbian OS smartphones

Symbian Expo, London, UK – 5 October 2004 – Using your mobile phone only for calls and texts is a thing of the past – allow ‘Symbian OS Smartphones for Dummies’ to acquaint you with the world of smartphones. This handy jargon-free guide shows you how to choose and use your Symbian OS smartphone, and gives you an introduction to downloading software and music, messaging with pictures and sound, connecting to you computer and more. Written by Symbian OS smartphone experts, ‘Symbian OS Smartphones for Dummies’ is part of the popular For Dummies® books range, a worldwide branded imprint of Wiley publishers. Pick up a copy for free at Carphone Warehouse stores across the UK from the end of October.

‘Symbian OS Smartphone for Dummies’ explains in simple terms what a Symbian OS smartphone is, discover:

  • The benefits of a Symbian OS smartphone, and decide which is the right one for you
  • How to spot a Symbian OS smartphone
  • What the basic rules of using smartphones are
  • Getting the most from your Symbian OS smartphone
  • How to customize your Symbian OS smartphone and install the growing range of games and other really handy smartphone applications available
  • Where to find great smartphone applications
  • With all these tips and tricks, you can enjoy the best from Symbian OS smartphones with very little effort at all!

 

‘Symbian OS Smartphones for Dummies’ is the first For Dummies® book from Symbian and joins the portfolio of comprehensive Symbian OS publications from Symbian Press. Visit the publisher  Wiley  at Symbian Expo – the smartphone show – the only event dedicated entirely to the whole smartphone industry at stands 75 and 78, where you can pick ‘Symbian OS Smartphones for Dummies’ and browse through other Symbian OS books. For the full range of books see  Symbian Press

About Symbian Expo

Symbian Expo – the smartphone show, Symbian’s sixth annual Expo is the only event dedicated entirely to the global smartphone industry. It covers every aspect of the smartphone market, from building mobile phones themselves to developing and deploying applications to mobile phone users and takes place at the ExCel Centre in London, UK, on 5th and 6th October 2004  Symbian Expo 2004

About Symbian Ltd

Symbian is a software licensing company that develops and licenses Symbian OS, the global open industry standard operating system for advanced, data-enabled mobile phones.

Symbian licenses Symbian OS to the world’s leading handset manufacturers. The following Symbian OS licensees have Symbian OS-based mobile phones in production and development: Arima, BenQ, Fujitsu for NTT DoCoMo FOMA, LG, Lenovo, Motorola, Nokia, Panasonic, Sendo, Siemens, Samsung and Sony Ericsson. In 2003, over 6.67 million Symbian OS-based mobile phones were sold worldwide and more than 15 million have been sold to date.

Symbian has its headquarters in London, United Kingdom with offices in the United States, Europe and Asia (Bangalore, Beijing, Seoul and Tokyo).

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