Symbian welcomes the Sony Ericsson P1

London, 9th May 2007 - Symbian Ltd. today welcomed Sony Ericsson's announcement of the P1. The P1 is the fourth Symbian OS v9.1 and UIQ 3.0 enabled phone in the Sony Ericsson portfolio, following the P990, M600i and W950. The P1 supports a wide range of push email solutions and Web browsing applications, plus connectivity via hi-speed UMTS and WLAN. The P1 is also a slimline model, being just 17mm thick and 124 grams in weight.

The P1 succeeds in delivering all the features of a business smartphone in a standard phone size:

• Dual function keyboard - full alpha-numeric (e.g. QWERTY) text input combined with one hand phone usability
• Choice of text input method including handwriting and word completion
• Push email enabled including support for Exchange ActiveSyncTM and BlackBerry® ConnectTM
• Integrated WLAN and VoIP enabled
• 3.2 megapixel camera with business card scanner
• Large 2.6 touchscreen with a Transflective Display that is easier to view in bright light conditions

For the full Sony Ericsson press release please click here: Press Release

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About Symbian Limited

Symbian is a software licensing company that develops and licenses Symbian OS, the market-leading open operating system for advanced, data-enabled mobile phones 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 2006, 51.7 million Symbian smartphones were sold worldwide to over 250 major network operators, bringing the total number of Symbian smartphones shipped up to 31 December 2006 to 110 million.

Symbian has its headquarters in London, United Kingdom and overseas offices in India, Japan, Korea, People's Republic of China and the United States. Symbian

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