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Symbian Backers Lure Developers
News On Monday, however, the companies said they would alighn the two SDKs, making it possible for developers to use a single set of tools to develop for both Nokia's Series 60 interface and the UIQ interface used by Sony Ericsson's P800.
[February 17, 2003, 16:21]
Opera Heads For Wireless Mainstream
News Opera has been distributing browsers for handsets from Nokia, Sony Ericsson and others for several months, but until now it has been up to the user to download the browser from the Web, or install it from a CD.
[October 29, 2003, 16:30]
Samsung And Nokia Team Up On Smartphones
News Sony Ericsson, the fifth largest, will sell a handset later this year that is based on the same Symbian operating system as Series 60. While Series 60 is designed for one-handed use, Sony Ericsson's P800 is designed for use with a stylus.
[September 2, 2002, 11:25]
Symbian OS Upgrade Aims At Mass Market
News UIQ is currently used in Sony Ericsson's P900 and P800 smartphones, BenQ's P30 and Motorola's A920, A925 and A1000 3G phones, while Series 60 is used by far more vendors, including Nokia, Sendo, Samsung, Siemens, Panasonic and Motorola.
[February 25, 2004, 11:50]
Sony Ericsson Takes Control Of Smartphone Interface
News Given Sony Ericsson's resurgence in the last year or so, there is an argument that if it is serious about this, it will take UIQ and make it into their equivalent of Series 60," said Bubley, adding that this strategy would make it easier for Sony...
[November 7, 2006, 12:37]
Symbian Adds Security, Java To Mobile Mix
News Symbian said it has already shipped development software to handset makers like Nokia and Sony Ericsson, and will ship finalised software in the first quarter. But Symbian also may find itself competing with the brands of its own stakeholders...
[February 19, 2002, 13:56]
Symbian Goes For The Suits
News While not well known to end users, Symbian is backed by all of the largest mobile phone makers, including Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, Siemens and Motorola. The company has seen an eightfold increase in the number of Symbian handsets shipped in...
[April 28, 2003, 16:34]
Symbian Confident Of Nokia's Support
News Symbian, Sony Ericsson and Motorola claim they are confident Nokia's acquisition of Trolltech will leave them unscathed, despite analyst suggestions to the contrary. Another part-owner of Symbian is Sony Ericsson, which is also half-owner — along...
[January 30, 2008, 16:44]
Sendo Hangs Up On Microsoft Smartphone Platform
News Sony Ericsson is also planning a Symbian device based on a different interface. Van Hooren confirmed that the use of open standards "played a role" in the decision to switch to Symbian, and said the access to source code allowed by Series 60 was...
[November 7, 2002, 10:23]
Symbian And Intel Form 3G Alliance
News Miles Flint, president of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, acknowledged that Symbian devices were only a small segment of his company's overall business, but insisted it was a vital part of that business.
[October 5, 2004, 11:45]
Symbian OS 7.0 Increases Focus On Smartphones
News Today even Symbian backers like Nokia and Ericsson use their own proprietary operating systems for their lower-end phones, but Symbian expects that as GPRS and 3G roll out in Europe, Symbian OS's more advanced features will become standard.
[February 20, 2002, 15:33]
Symbian Signs On Samsung As It Surges To No. 1 Spot
News Sony Ericsson is to launch its own Symbian-based mobile phone later this year, the P800, which uses a pen-based interface. Samsung licensed the software to use on 2.5G and 3G handsets worldwide, using the Series 60 interface licensed from Nokia...
[October 21, 2002, 15:57]
Siemens: Why The Smartphone World Doesn't Need Microsoft
News Symbian licensees have seen their first flush of success in the past three months, with sales of Nokia's and Sony Ericsson's smartphones shipping more than 800,000 devices in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, according to Canalys; this was more...
[May 1, 2003, 15:06]
Opera Brings Linux Up To Scratch
News Opera is also seeking to put its browser into non-PC devices, including smartphones, such as Sony Ericsson's P800 and Nokia's Series 60 devices, and a recently announced IP-television set-top box in Japan.
[May 19, 2003, 12:18]
Enterprise Apps And New OS Broaden Symbian Focus
News Nokia has licensed its Series 60 user interface, which uses a standard-sized screen, to several manufacturers including Siemens and Samsung, while Sony Ericsson's P800 and the forthcoming BenQ P30 use the UIQ interface, which has a larger screen...
[April 29, 2003, 16:37]
Symbian Shipments Rise Amid Doubts Over Future
News Motorola, Nokia, Siemens and Sony Ericsson shipped eight new Symbian models worldwide, including two models shipped to operator 3 for its European 3G network, while a total of 18 handsets were shipping from five licensees in the fourth quarter.
[February 23, 2004, 11:10]
BlackBerry In Sync With Mac OS X
Talkback Previously I owned a Sony-Ericsson phone, but with the contacts limited to 500 entries and the TERRIBLE calling quality, it is currently and circularly filed in the back of my desk drawer. I have heard similar reviews about the current Sony...
[September 18, 2004, 22:42]
Quickoffice Adds Remote Content Access
News The Quickoffice suite ships on almost all Series 60 and UIQ smartphones, including those produced by Nokia, Samsung, LG and Sony Ericsson, and currently provides users with a way of viewing and editing Office documents.
[October 16, 2007, 17:31]
Vodafone Seals UK Audio-content Deal With RealNetworks
News Since the beginning of the year, the Seattle-based software maker has struck deals to provide media-playback technology to mobile-phone giant Ericsson and to deliver streaming media programming to Nokia 3650 phones used by subscribers of US...
[June 30, 2003, 8:03]
Sony Ericsson Goes Windows Mobile
News Sony Ericsson has become the latest major manufacturer to use the Windows Mobile operating system in its handsets. Sony Ericsson's head of marketing, Dee Dutta, described Xperia as "the first brand that is truly borne from within Sony Ericsson".
[February 11, 2008, 10:30]
