Two new UIQ on Symbian OS mainstream smartphones by Sony Ericsson

G700 and G900 deliver touchscreen and innovative organiser capabilities for a broad appeal

Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Spain - 11 February, 2008 - Symbian Ltd. today welcomed Sony Ericsson's announcement of two new UIQ on Symbian OS™ mainstream smartphones. The G700 and G900 have personal organiser capabilities combined with easy finger-touch control, bringing users a media-rich experience without compromising on the size or shape of the phone. Both the G700 and G900 have regular keyboards and are no larger than a regular phone. Running on Symbian OS, the world's leading open mobile operating system, ensures the highest level of power efficiency and platform security.

The G700 is a compact personal organiser with large 2.4 inch display screen and a unique single-touch control menu. It features a 3.2 megapixel camera and has a simple touchscreen user interface based on UIQ for intuitive phone and web navigation, while offering easy access to a rich suite of applications.

The G900 includes all the features of the G700 with a 5.0 megapixel touch-auto focus camera, a touch photo album and editor, incorporating Wi-Fi connectivity and RSS feed functionality for high speed data transfer and internet browsing.

Sony Ericsson
Per Aspemar, Vice-President, Strategy, Sony Ericsson, said, "Symbian and UIQ continue to play an important role in Sony Ericsson's market success. We are excited to introduce the latest Symbian OS-based handsets to the Sony Ericsson G series portfolio which are aimed at a wider audience and look forward to launching more differentiated phones with Symbian in the future."

Symbian
Andy Brannan, Executive Vice-President, Sales, Symbian, said, "We are pleased to see the launch of the G700 and G900 mobile phones at the Mobile World Congress. These successfully combine media rich and advanced Symbian capabilities to a mainstream audience. We continue to work closely with Sony Ericsson and UIQ to launch new products currently in the pipeline in the near future."

Since Sony Ericsson became a Symbian shareholder and licensee of Symbian OS in 2002, the Company has launched ten mobile phones based on the UIQ and Symbian OS platform including the P800, P900, P910, M600i, P990, W950i, P1i, W960i, G700 and G900.

The G700 and G900 will be available in selected markets from Q2 2008.

Learn more at Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, about Symbian at the Symbian Hospitality Suite, AV91, on the Fira's main Avenue.

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About Sony Ericsson

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications was established as a 50:50 joint venture by Sony and Ericsson in October 2001, with global corporate functions located in London. The company serves the worldwide communications market with innovative and feature-rich mobile phones, accessories and PC-cards, and it has R&D sites in Europe, Japan, China, India and America. Sony Ericsson is the title sponsor of the Women's Tennis Association, and works with the Association to promote the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour in over 80 cities during the year. For more information, please visit: www.sonyericsson.com

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 Q3 2007, 20.4 million Symbian smartphones were sold worldwide to over 250 major network operators, bringing the total number of Symbian smartphones shipped up to 30 September 2007 to 165 million.

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

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