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Symbian Opens Source Code
News Symbian today said it will open most of the source code for its mobile operating system to third party developers, in its latest effort to encourage the creation of more software for the platform. Symbian will give access to "all relevant source...
[April 23, 2002, 14:20]
What Will An Open Source Symbian Do?
Blog The announcement of that Symbian is going open source was a shock but in a matter of hours it seems inevitable - and very positive. Despite its dominant market share in smartphones, Symbian has been looking increasingly under threat, from the...
[June 24, 2008, 11:23]
Smartphone Virus Code Published Online
News The worm affects phones running the Symbian operating system that use Bluetooth wireless technology. Symbian phone users can protect themselves by turning off the phone's "discoverable" mode, according to Sophos.
[December 30, 2004, 11:05]
Symbian Vs Android: How They Square Up
News The Eclipse licensing agreement will enable developers and organisations to build on Symbian source code and distribute that code. With the announcement on Tuesday of the formation of the Symbian Foundation, the forces of mobile open source appear...
[June 26, 2008, 11:32]
Sendo Hangs Up On Microsoft Smartphone Platform
News 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 important. The company would not comment on when it plans to have a Symbian-based...
[November 7, 2002, 10:23]
Samsung And Nokia Team Up On Smartphones
News Nokia has already licensed its Series 60 software, based on the Symbian operating system, to Siemens and Matsushita, and has itself released the Series 60-based 7650 handset. Sony Ericsson, the fifth largest, will sell a handset later this year...
[September 2, 2002, 11:25]
Smartphone Virus Threat Grows
News Earlier versions of Cabir, which spreads through phones running the Symbian operating system and Bluetooth wireless technology, won attention this summer for being the first worms to spread via smartphones.
[December 29, 2004, 9:15]
EMame: A MAME Port To EPOC Release 5 And Symbian Platform V 6.0 (Quartz)
White Papers Although the Symbian platform v6.0 supports many more features than EPOC Release 5, the changes between EPOC Release 5 and the Symbian platform v6.0 were minimal at the source code level. s front end is quite small, and with a few pre-processor...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
First Symbian Foundation Handsets Due In 2010
News The first devices using Symbian Foundation open-source code for mobile devices will become available in 2010, Nokia has said. On Tuesday, Nokia announced it intends to buy out all the shares in Symbian that it does not already own, costing the...
[June 24, 2008, 17:08]
Motorola Takes Linux Into The Mobile Mainstream
News Does Motorola's success with its Linux-based "Ming" phones in China indicate that the open source platform is now a serious contender against Symbian and Windows Mobile in the handheld-device software platform arena?
[July 31, 2006, 12:35]
RealNetworks Reveals Code In Single Helix
News On Tuesday, the company revealed that Palm OS and Symbian OS developers were working on projects using Helix DNA code. As expected, RealNetworks has released the source code to its client software, which includes fully functioning media players for...
[October 30, 2002, 13:21]
Symbian Foundation Launch: What Members Said
News The open Symbian ecosystem, now unified through the foundation, will become richer and stronger, especially when the foundation software becomes open source. Representatives of the major mobile-phone manufacturers joined mobile-operating-system...
[June 24, 2008, 14:58]
Symbian Goes For The Suits
News The company is also launching an open-source software development tool and a new partner programme aimed at expanding the range of games and other applications available for Symbian phones. On Monday, Symbian released its Open Programming Language...
[April 28, 2003, 16:34]
Motorola Phones Get Real With Linux
News Motorola is so convinced of the promise of Linux that it sold its 19 percent stake in Symbian, a leading developer of operating systems for smart phones that use next-generation cellular networks. The company announced earlier this year that it...
[October 23, 2003, 14:45]
Microsoft Changes Tack Over Linux
News For example, at this year's Symbian Developer Expo in London, Microsoft stationed staff outside the venue to distribute CD-ROMs promoting its rival Pocket PC operating system. However, Miller said that Microsoft would not loosen control over the...
[July 4, 2002, 14:35]
Doubts Raised Over Android Fragmentation
News Google's Android mobile phone stack will end up fragmented into multiple versions, Symbian's research chief has claimed. Symbian has previously dismissed mobile Linux as being too fragmented in its nature, but that was before Google's Open Handset...
[June 12, 2008, 15:05]
'Concept Virus' Little Threat To Smartphones
News Threats like the Cabir worm could be further stymied by Symbian Signed, a new campaign that will require all applications for the Symbian platform to be digitally signed, attesting that the company has looked at the code.
[June 16, 2004, 9:25]
Nokia Urges Linux Developers To Learn Business
News Jaaksi added that he believed Symbian, the proprietary operating system in which Nokia has a major share, would still "in years to come [be] the best platform on which to create smartphones". In his speech, Jaaksi detailed some of the lessons Nokia...
[June 11, 2008, 9:05]
F-Secure: Inside The Cage
News The virus bombards a potential victim with messages until the user either accepts the Symbian installation source (.SIS) file for download or moves out of range. Inside the cage was a collection of Symbian-based smartphones infected with a piece of...
[September 28, 2007, 17:25]
DoCoMo 3G Deal Makes Symbian Big In Japan
News Under the Operator Technology Integrator agreement announced on Friday, DoCoMo will get the right to customise and extend the Symbian OS source code for use with its FOMA 3G service in Japan, and to distribute the customised software to Symbian...
[September 26, 2003, 12:25]
