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Powering the world's smartphones

The mobile world has never been so exciting, and Symbian's never been more excited. After a decade of market-leading OS development and more than 200 million phones shipped around the world, Symbian is changing.

The Symbian Foundation, announced in June 2008, will bring about the biggest evolutionary leap in Symbian OS since its creation -- consolidating S60, UIQ, MOAP(S) and ultimately making the platform open source.

See www.symbianfoundation.org for more information.

What's inside Symbian OS

Location-based services (LBS)

Location Based Services are often equated with the phrase 'the new camera' referring to the fact that, in the same way most mobile phones now feature cameras, most mobile phones will soon support GPS. This will allow the user to take advantage of a number of different location based positioning services.

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FreeWay

FreeWay is the new and unrivalled IP networking architecture in Symbian OS, providing broadband speeds in your pocket. On mobile broadband networks, FreeWay delivers the capability for super fast download speeds, high quality audio/video streaming and crystal-clear VoIP calls.

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ScreenPlay

ScreenPlay is the new graphics architecture in Symbian OS. Designed to power the richest visual experience available on a mobile phone to date, it gives users big screen effects in their pockets while ensuring long battery life.

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Symmetric multiprocessing (SMP)

Today’s phones are becoming increasingly complex; running process heavy applications such as GPS and digital TV, which require more efficient processing to achieve optimum performance without compromising battery life.

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Demand paging

Symbian delivers Demand Paging support in Symbian OS versions 9.3, 9.4 and 9.5. Demand Paging enables more efficient usage of RAM by loading read-only code and data only when required (on demand).

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Symbian OS v9.5

Symbian OS is the market leading open operating system for advanced data-enabled mobile phones licensed by the world’s leading mobile phone manufacturers. It is designed for the specific requirements of advanced 3G mobile phones and beyond.

Symbian OS combines the power of an integrated applications environment with mobile telephony, bringing advanced data services to the mass market. Symbian OS v9.5, the latest evolution of Symbian OS, delivers over 70 new features for high-performance, more powerful smartphones at mass market costs: a truly scalable operating system for the global market.

More for less

  1. Demand paging
  2. RAM defragmentation
  3. Memory optimizations
  4. P.I.P.S.
  5. SQL database
Lower hardware cost
  • High-performance smartphones to run on feature phone hardware
  • 20-30% lower RAM usage achievable

Faster time-to-market
  • Increase developer productivity
  • Easier porting

Faster for longer
  1. Demand paging
  2. File caching
  3. RAM defragmentation
Faster start-up
  • Reduce device start-up time by several seconds
  • Reduce application start-up time by up to 75%
Longer battery life
  • Symbian smartphones more power-efficient than ever

More at once
  1. ActiveSync
  2. More scalable contacts database
  3. Calendar enhancements for Exchanges and Notes
  4. Real-time networking
  5. IP bearer mobility
Superior productivity
  • Improved synchronization
  • Support for large data sets
Focus on IP networking
  • Enhanced VoIP and streaming
  • Automatic switching between 3G and Wi-FI

Richer experience
  1. Location based services framework
  2. Media transfer protocol
  3. Digitial TV
  4. Advanced camera features
Realized convergence
  • GPS goes mass market
  • Seamless connectivity for music and pictures
  • Unlocking youth market demands
Enhanced camera features
  • Red-eye reduction and auto-focus
  • High resolution support
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