Symbian 3GSM news round-up

15 February 2007

The following round-up features key news from Symbian and the Symbian ecosystem at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona.

SYMBIAN NEWS

51.7m Symbian smartphones shipped in 2006, two Symbian smartphones shipping per second

108 Symbian smartphone models shipping in different markets and segments (an 80% increase on 2005). According to Canalys, in Q4 2006 4.5 million Symbian smartphones shipped at mid-range price points (<199€), an 86% share of the mid-range smartphone market. 110 million cumulative Symbian smartphone have shipped to date.

New MOTORIZR Z8 based on Symbian OS

Motorola launched the MOTORIZR Z8 - a smart and sexy HSDPA (3MB/sec) phone based on UIQ 3 and Symbian OS v9. The MOTORIZR Z8 is the fourth Symbian smartphone from Motorola.

The world's top five leading handset manufacturers have launched smartphones based on Symbian OS v9 using either S60 or UIQ.

Five new Nokia S60 devices based on Symbian OS

The Nokia 6110 Navigator, Nokia N77 and three new Nokia Eseries devices are all based on Symbian OS.

New Symbian Fast Facts

Check out useful facts and figures on Symbian and the smartphone market from leading mobile analyst houses: www.symbian.com/about/fastfacts/fastfacts.html

Telefónica Móviles España selects Symbian OS for future roll-out of smartphones and services

Symbian announced a collaboration with Telefonica Móviles España to reinforce the role of Symbian OS™ in Telefónica's mobile device portfolio.

Nokia and Vodafone announce key milestones in S60 software collaboration

Nokia and Vodafone announced a significant milestone in their collaboration on the development of S60 software on Symbian OS, with the release of the first Vodafone specific software package to all S60 licensees.

Nokia and Telecom Italia collaborate

Symbian welcomes Nokia and Telecom Italia's collaboration to boost mobile service innovation.

T-Mobile embraces the advanced customization capabilities of S60 software on Symbian OS

Nokia announced a collaboration to strengthen T-Mobile's capabilities to bring core services to market and improve the capability of S60 licensees to develop devices for T-Mobile.

SYMBIAN ECOSYSTEM NEWS

OPENWAVE announces delivery of content and applications to Symbian smartphones

OPENWAVE joins the Symbian Platinum Partner Program and extends the market for MIDAS and Mercury Browser to Symbian smartphones.

Renesas SH-Mobile processor upgrades to Symbian OS v9.3

Allowing mobile phone handset manufacturers and network operators to get the best and most differentiated phones to market faster, cheaper and more easily, Renesas Technology Europe announces both that NTT DoCoMo, Inc., Renesas Technology Corp., Fujitsu Limited, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and Sharp Corporation are developing SH-Mobile G2 single chip 3G platform, and also that the SH-Mobile G2 single chip 3G platform supports Symbian OS v9.3.

DataViz' RoadSync v3.0, now available

Dataviz announced the only S60 on Symbian OS Exchange ActiveSync solution to support subfolders and Exchange Server 2007 mobile enhancements, enabling the Nokia ESeries and NSeries devices to offer the latest Microsoft Office connectivity options.

BLStream brings Blogia mobile blogging to Symbian smartphones

BLStream announced it has joined the Symbian Platinum Partner Program to support the growing market for Symbian smartphones. As a Platinum Partner, BLStream is extending its Blogia mobile blogging solution to the Symbian ecosystem, creating new revenue streams for service providers and mobile operators through distribution of mass media such as digital photos, video and sound captured by camera-equipped smartphones.

BrainMedia extends music and video content distribution system to Symbian smartphones

BrainMedia announced that it has joined the Symbian Platinum Partner Program to support the growing market for Symbian smartphones by extending its Digital Media Delivery Platform and its Neural Encoding Model (NEM) Codec to the Symbian ecosystem.

Boingo demonstrates Wi-Fi roaming solution for Symbian smartphones

Boingo Wireless Inc., announced it has joined the Symbian Platinum Partner Program. The Boingo Embedded Wi-Fi Toolkit enables Wi-Fi and dual-mode smartphones to easily and transparently authenticate to Boingo's Wi-Fi hotspots worldwide.

Recent news

Strong support for Symbian Foundation

Symbian Foundation draws industry support from device manufacturers, software and service providers

Nokia N96 launched

Symbian welcomes the announcement of the Nokia N96 based on Symbian OS

Symbian reports H1 and Q2 2008 results

Symbian Limited today released its unaudited financial and operational figures for H1 and Q2 2008