FOMA™ SH704i launched today is based on Symbian OS

TOKYO, Japan –27 July, 2007 – Symbian Limited today welcomes NTT DoCoMo’s launch of the FOMA SH704i which is based on Symbian OS™ and started shipping in Japan today.

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

The FOMA SH704i, a “One-segment” terrestrial digital broadcasting handset with metallic body is manufactured by Symbian customer Sharp Corporation and includes the MOAP platform.

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 62 phones based on Symbian OS have shipped in Japan:

Manufactured by:
Fujitsu: NTT DoCoMo FOMA F704i; FOMA F904i; FOMA Raku-Raku PHONE Basic; FOMA F903iBSC; FOMA F903iX HIGH-SPEED; FOMA F703i; 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 D904i; FOMA D903iTV; FOMA D800iDS; FOMA D703i; FOMA D903i; FOMA 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 SH704i; FOMA SH904i; FOMA SH903iTV; FOMA SH703i; FOMA SH903i; FOMA SH702iS; FOMA SH902iSL; FOMA SH902iS; FOMA SH702iD; FOMA SH902i

Sony Ericsson: NTT DoCoMo FOMA SO704i; FOMA SO903iTV; FOMA SO703i; FOMA SO903i; FOMA SO902iWP+; FOMA SO702i; FOMA SO902i

Nokia: NTT DoCoMo FOMA NM850iG; SOFTBANK MOBILE SoftBank X01NK/Nokia E61; SoftBank 705NK/Nokia N73; Vodafone 804NK/Nokia N71; Vodafone 702NKII (Nokia 6680); Vodafone 702NK (Nokia 6630)

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 Q1 2007, 15.9 million Symbian smartphones were sold worldwide to over 250 major network operators, bringing the total number of Symbian smartphones shipped up to 31 March 2007 to 126 million.

Symbian has its headquarters in London, United Kingdom, with offices in the United States, England, and Asia (India, P.R. China, Korea, and Japan). For more information, please visit Symbian.

Trademarks disclaimer
"Symbian", "Symbian OS" and other associated Symbian marks are all trademarks of Symbian Software Ltd.
“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.
NTT DoCoMo’s FOMA service is only available to subscribers in Japan.
All other trademarks belong to their respective owner

Media Enquiries

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