SoftBank 705NK/Nokia N73 based on Symbian OS

TOKYO, Japan – 15 January, 2007 – Symbian Limited today welcomes SOFTBANK MOBILE’s launch of the SoftBank 705NK/Nokia N73 which is based on Symbian OS™ and started shipping in Japan on January 13.

Symbian OS is the global market-leading open mobile operating system for smartphones.

The SoftBank 705NK/Nokia N73 equipped with a 3.2-megapixel camera featuring lenses developed by Carl Zeiss is manufactured by Nokia Corporation, and is based on the leading smartphone software S60 and Symbian OS.

Symbian continues to focus on delivering a flexible, robust and open mobile operating system which gives handset manufacturers and network operators the ability to develop differentiated phones, faster, more easily and at lower cost for different market segments and regions. Symbian customers that have shipped 3G phones in Japan based on Symbian OS include Fujitsu, Mitsubishi Electric, Motorola, Nokia, Sharp, and Sony Ericsson.

The following 45 phones based on Symbian OS have shipped in Japan:

Manufactured by
Fujitsu: NTT DoCoMo FOMA F903i; FOMA Raku-Raku PHONE III; FOMA F902iS; FOMA F702iD; FOMA Raku-Raku PHONE II; FOMA Raku-Raku PHONE; FOMA F902i; FOMA F700iS; FOMA F901iS; FOMA F700i; FOMA F901iC; FOMA F900iC; FOMA F900iT; FOMA F900i; FOMA F2102V; FOMA F2051
Mitsubishi Electric: NTT DoCoMo FOMA D903i; D702iF; FOMA D702iBCL; FOMA D902iS; MUSIC PORTER X; FOMA D702i; Music Porter II; Raku-Raku PHONE Simple; FOMA D902i; FOMA D701i; FOMA D901iS; FOMA D901i
Motorola: NTT DoCoMo FOMA M1000
Sharp: NTT DoCoMo FOMA SH903i; FOMA SH702iS; FOMA SH902iSL; FOMA SH902iS; FOMA SH702iD; FOMA SH902i
Sony Ericsson: NTT DoCoMo FOMA SO903i; FOMA SO902iWP+; FOMA SO702i; FOMA SO902i
Nokia: NTT DoCoMo FOMA NM850iG; SOFTBANK MOBILE SofttBank 705NK/Nokia N73, Vodafone 804NK/Nokia N71; Vodafone 702NKII (Nokia 6680); Vodafone 702NK (Nokia 6630); SIM-lock free device Nokia E61

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 Q3 2006, 13 million Symbian smartphones were sold worldwide to over 250 major network operators. To date, more than 100 million Symbian smartphones have shipped cumulatively.

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). www.symbian.com

* "Symbian", "Symbian OS" and other associated Symbian marks are all trademarks of Symbian Software Ltd.
* SOFTBANK and SOFTBANK logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of SOFTBANK CORP. in Japan and other countries.
* Vodafone is a registered trademark of Vodafone Group Plc.
* “FOMA” is a trademark or registered trademark of NTT DoCoMo, Inc. in Japan and other countries.
* ”MOAP” and “Music Porter” are registered trademarks of NTT DoCoMo, Inc. in Japan.
* All other trademarks belong to their respective owners.

Media Enquiries

Kyoko Horikawa Marketing Symbian Ltd. +81 (0)3-5425-2571 japan_press@symbian.com

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