Nokia N96 based on Symbian OS

LONDON, United Kingdom – 5 September 2008 – Symbian Limited, the market leader in open operating systems for mobile phones, today welcomes the announcement of the much anticipated Nokia N96 multimedia computer.

This latest mobile phone is based on S60 and Symbian OS v9.3, the latest shipped version of Symbian OS™. Symbian OS v9.3 is optimized for convergence with performance and feature enhancements which bring the highest level of power efficiency and platform security to a mobile phone.

The Nokia N96 boasts live TV, a 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, turn-by-turn voice navigation, 16GB of internal memory that can be increased to 24GB with an optional microSD card, superior sound and music, N-Gage gaming and a stunning 2.8" display.

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Nokia N96

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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 mobile phones.

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 Q2 2008, 19.6 million Symbian mobile phones were sold worldwide to over 250 major network operators, bringing the total number of units shipped up to 30 June 2008 to 226 million.

Symbian has its headquarters in London, with offices in Cambridge, United Kingdom, China, India, Japan, Korea and United States. For more information, please visit www.symbian.com.

Media Enquiries

Global Karen Hamblen Symbian Press Office +44 20 7154 1707 press@symbian.com	UK Katie Buckett Brands2Life +44 20 7592 1200 symbian@brands2life.com
US Valerie Breslow V. Breslow Communications +1 858 337 4217 valbreslow@earthlink.net	Japan Yukari Majima Burson-Marsteller +81 3 3264 6782 symbian.pr@bm.com
China Joy Tian Edelman China +86 10 6530 8590 x 247 symbian.pr@edelman.com

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