Symbian Backers Lure Developers
News Nokia and Sony Ericsson will also create a common certification programme for Symbian OS applications, in an effort to ensure the quality of new smartphone programs. Developers seeking to port existing applications to the Symbian OS will also get...
[February 17, 2003, 16:21]
Siemens: Why The Smartphone World Doesn't Need Microsoft
News Several big players are currently competing to establish themselves in the fuzzy area where computing and wireless devices come together: Microsoft with its Windows CE-based devices, PalmSource with Palm OS-based wireless handhelds and smartphones...
[May 1, 2003, 15:06]
Sony Ericsson Takes Control Of Smartphone Interface
News By acquiring UIQ Technology we will further invest and exploit the full potential of UIQ on Symbian OS for phone vendors, mobile operators, developers and consumers. Given Sony Ericsson's resurgence in the last year or so, there is an argument that...
[November 7, 2006, 12:37]
Microsoft Silverlight Coming To Nokia Mobiles
News Silverlight now runs on Windows and Mac OS, and it has a deal with Novell to build a distribution on Linux. The two companies on Tuesday at Microsoft's Mix '08 conference are scheduled to announce that Microsoft will write a version of Silverlight...
[March 4, 2008, 11:43]
Symbian Adds Security, Java To Mobile Mix
News Version 7.0 of the Symbian OS, announced at the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, is squarely focused on next-generation networks and the services they will make possible, according to the company. Support for multimode and 3G networks means that...
[February 19, 2002, 13:56]
3GSM: Mobile OS Developments review
Reviews Symbian announced the latest version of its operating system, OS 9 at the beginning of February, and during the 3GSM event Nokia unveiled the Series 60 3rd Edition platform, which is designed to run on it.
[February 16, 2005, 11:50]
Opera Spins Web Into Mobile Phones
News The software is also available for Windows, the Mac OS and Linux platforms, and is used in some consumer-electronics devices. In practice, said Noren, the software will probably show up first on the Series 60 platform -- Nokia's version of the...
[October 10, 2003, 15:05]
Nokia To Buy Major Linux Company
News Nokia's intention is to use Trolltech's technology to develop its next generation of software horizontally across "all the major software platforms in the world", said Öistämö, who specified Series 60, Series 40, Windows Mobile, Apple OS X and Linux.
[January 28, 2008, 10:29]
The Reality Of Mobile Linux: Part One
News In the first of a two-part series, we looked at how Trolltech is putting Linux apps on a Windows Mobile phone, how Access plans to port thousands of Palm OS apps over to the LiMo Foundation's Linux platform, and how Azingo is running Series 60...
[February 19, 2008, 11:00]
Stowaway Universal Bluetooth Keyboard review
Reviews One word of caution: despite the word ‘Universal’ in the keyboard’s name, your device must be running the Windows Mobile, Symbian Series 60 or Symbian UIQ operating systems -- Palm OS drivers are not yet available, but are slated for 'fall 2004...
[September 21, 2004, 17:15]
Symbian Shipments Rise Amid Doubts Over Future
News The Symbian OS, like Microsoft Windows CE, the Palm OS and embedded versions of Linux, brings handheld computer features to mobile phones. Most established mobile phone makers have licensed the Symbian OS, while PalmSource and Microsoft have teamed...
[February 23, 2004, 11:10]
Smartphone Standards Battle Heats Up
News This battle will intensify over time as Microsoft vigilantly tries to have OEM deals and Nokia tries to convince other OEMs to use its Series 60 platform, along with Symbian OS," said Vora. While standardised handset operating systems come with...
[July 22, 2003, 9:53]
Criminal Hackers Reach Beyond Windows And IE review
Reviews Last summer, someone released the Cabir worm, designed to infect Symbian OS-equipped Nokia series 60 smartphones. As more casual, less technical, users adopt Macs, expect to hear more about vulnerabilities exposed within the Mac OS, which is based...
[March 22, 2005, 7:50]
RealOne For Pocket PC To Debut Next Week
News The announcement follows RealNetworks' deal, announced this week at CeBIT, to bundle RealPlayer as a standard feature on Nokia's Series 60 technology and in Nokia phones based on the Symbian OS. See ZDNet UK's Mobile Technology News Section for...
[March 12, 2002, 16:28]
More Heavyweights Join Mobile Linux Group
News Japanese Linux company Access brings with it an established developer network that was acquired when it bought PalmSource and its Palm OS (which became Garnet) in 2005. That strategy dates back six years to the release of its first Windows Mobile...
[February 11, 2008, 9:36]
ARM To Speed Smartphone Development
News Other smartphone operating systems, including the Palm OS, Windows CE and Linux have also been tailored to run on ARM chips. Primexsys already supports the Symbian OS, but Series 60 support should make development much easier for Series 60...
[May 28, 2003, 11:26]
Yahoo Boosts Mobile Efforts With IPhone App
News However, a version will not be released for the Palm OS-based version of Treo phones. The other ones will follow soon shortly", including BlackBerry devices, Windows Mobile and Nokia Series 60 phones, he said.
[September 11, 2008, 11:01]
Battle Cake For Symbian Series 60
Downloads For instance one person can play the game with Pocket PC Dell Axim x50v, another with Palm OS Treo 650, third with Windows Mobile i-mate sp3i based smartphone, and the fourth one with a phone run by Symbian OS N-Gage QD.
[August 2, 2006, 14:31]
Cake Press For Symbian Series 60
Downloads For instance one person can play the game with Pocket PC Dell Axim x50v, another with Palm OS Treo 650, third with Windows Mobile i-mate sp3i based smartphone, and the fourth one with a phone run by Symbian OS N-Gage QD.
[August 2, 2006, 14:31]
