Symbian licenses Scalado software to deliver picture perfect mobile imaging

Symbian OS even more attractive for mid-range mobile phones

LONDON, United Kingdom – 11 June 2008 - Symbian Limited, the market leader in open operating systems for mobile phones, has signed a licensing agreement with Scalado for its mobile imaging software affording Symbian OS™ state of the art image handling capabilities, making Symbian an even more attractive mobile OS choice for mid-range devices.

Scalado’s solution for Symbian OS will significantly improve Symbian’s imaging performance for higher megapixel images. It will deliver faster rendering, scaling and rotation and superior image editing features - with the added benefit of reduced memory consumption. Importantly, Scalado’s patented Random Access JPEG technology allows imaging operations to occur while the image is in compressed form, greatly reducing RAM consumption.

Retroactive to Symbian OS v9.3 and v9.4, the three year licence ensures benefits for end-users and handset manufacturers alike and is free of any additional royalties. End users will enjoy higher usability while handset manufacturers will see a cut in hardware costs. Under the terms of the deal, Symbian and Scalado will create a joint team of highly skilled imaging and camera engineers to enhance and extend Symbian's camera and imaging offering.

Mats Jacobson, CEO of Scalado, commented; “Consumers today expect mobile phone cameras to perform just as well as digital still cameras. Building on our existing long and fruitful partnership, this new initiative sees Symbian and Scalado working together to ensure that the leading mobile OS will deliver the beauty of high quality and high speed image handling with full connectivity and sharing options to consumers.”

Jørgen Behrens, Executive Vice-President, Marketing, Symbian, commented; “This licensing agreement will benefit both handset vendors and end-users - reducing cost and memory consumption in handset development and offering advanced image handling capabilities in high megapixel camera devices to end-users. It's another great demonstration of our commitment to offering the best mobile technology possible in Symbian OS and to helping the mobile industry succeed.”

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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 Q1 2008, 18.5 million Symbian mobile phones were sold worldwide to over 250 major network operators, bringing the total number of units shipped up to 31 March 2008 to 206 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.

About Scalado

Scalado AB is a Swedish imaging Software Company that focuses on the wireless device industry. It provides mobile imaging software solutions that are powerful, scalable and modular for any camera phone. Its mission is to make imaging on mobile phones more efficient – bringing higher usability for end-users and cutting hardware costs for device manufacturers. With unique and patented software technologies, it is solving critical performance issues with less memory and CPU requirements.

Founded in 2000, Scalado has its head office in IDEON Research Park in Lund, Sweden. The company’s principal shareholders are venture capitalists NorthCap Partners, Industrifonden, and Teknoseed as well as company’s founders. For more information, please visit www.scalado.com.

Media Enquiries

Global Symbian Press Office Karen Hamblen +44 20 7154 1000 press@symbian.com	US V. Breslow Communications Valerie Breslow +1 858 337 4217 valbreslow@earthlink.net
Japan Burson-Marsteller Yukari Majima +81 3 3264 6782 symbian.pr@bm.com	China Edelman China Joy Tian +86 10 6530 8590 x 247 symbian.pr@edelman.com
Global Scalado Chaz Brooks Chaz Brooks Communications +44 (0)7768 510 300 Chazb@chazb.com	Scalado Mats Jacobson CEO +46 46 286 4342 mats.jacobson@scalado.com
Scalado Magnus Ingelsten VP Marketing +46 46 286 4253 magnus.ingelsten@scalado.com

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