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iPhone, Android account for 82% of smartphones shipped

Android and iPhone smartphones together made up 82% of all such devices shipped to retailers in the first quarter of 2012, IDC said Thursday.

By Matt Hamblen | 24 May, 2012 14:16

Tags: symbian, smartphones, mobile phones, Mobile and Wireless, IT industry, IDC, Gartner, consumer electronics, Apple

Nokia launches 3 mass-market smartphones

Nokia has unveiled three mass-market smartphones, as the troubled handset maker struggles against top-end competitors and cheaper producers in a market it once ruled as the innovative technology bellwether.

By AAP | 25 August, 2011 08:19

Tags: mobile, mobile phones, mobility, Nokia, Phones, smartphones, symbian

Nokia launches two phones running an updated Symbian OS

Nokia launched an updated version of its Symbian^3 mobile operating system on Tuesday, along with two phones running the software, the X7 and the E6.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 12 April, 2011 20:03

Tags: applications, consumer electronics, mobile, Mobile operating systems, Nokia, Phones, smartphones, software, Telecommunication

Nokia launches E7 smartphone: Symbian still alive

The recent publicity surrounding Nokia’s decision to adopt Windows Phone as its primary smartphone platform hasn't stopped the company from pushing ahead with its latest Symbian flagship device, the E7 which goes on sale in Australia this week.

By Rodney Gedda | 14 March, 2011 11:39

Tags: Nokia, nokia e7, Nokia N8, smartphones, symbian

Skype releases client for Nokia's N8

Skype released an updated version of its Symbian client, which adds support for Nokia's N8, C7 and the E5, the company said in a blog post on Wednesday.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 09 December, 2010 06:07

Tags: consumer electronics, Nokia, Phone applications, Phones, Skype, smartphones, symbian, Telecommunication, telephony, VoIP

Symbian Foundation will take source code offline on Dec. 17

Symbian Foundation has started dismantling itself. On Dec.17 the organization will shut down its websites, and anyone who wants to get the source code for the current version of the Symbian mobile operating system should download it now or they will have to pay for a copy to be shipped on physical media in the future, its website.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 29 November, 2010 23:15

Tags: applications, consumer electronics, mobile, Mobile operating systems, Nokia, Phones, smartphones, software, symbian, Telecommunication

Nokia ups Qt dev programs, MeeGo tablet 'expected'

In an effort to attract more developers into using its open source Qt framework for Symbian and MeeGo, Nokia will host a series of “code camps” and device seeing programs over the next six months. A MeeGo tablet interface, however, may not surface for some time yet.

By Rodney Gedda | 26 November, 2010 11:20

Tags: MeeGo, Nokia, Qt, smartphones, symbian, tablet PCs

Opera Mini 5.1 beta available for Symbian S60 phones

Opera has made a beta version of its mobile browser, Opera Mini 5.1, available for mobile phones running the Symbian S60 platform.

By Carrie-Ann Skinner | 29 October, 2010 06:14

Tags: applications, browsers, mobile, opera software, software, Telecommunication

Nokia uniting mobile app dev around Qt

Nokia is focusing on Qt (pronounced "cute") as the sole application development framework for its Symbian and MeeGo mobile phone platforms for both native and Web application development, the company said Thursday.

By Paul Krill | 22 October, 2010 11:00

Tags: application development, applications, Developer World, Development frameworks, mobile, mobile applications, Mobilize, Nokia, software, symbian, Telecommunication

Nokia's latest smartphones will get new features faster

Nokia is changing the way it updates smartphones based on the latest version of Symbian. Instead of receiving big upgrades, the products will be upgraded on a more continual, incremental basis, Nokia said on Thursday.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 22 October, 2010 01:44

Tags: consumer electronics, Nokia, Phones, smartphones

Is Symbian dying? Vendors abandon platform

Nokia will soon be the only manufacturer using the Symbian mobile operating system, as Samsung is the latest to announce it will stop making phones that run Symbian. The news comes shortly after Sony Ericsson said it will also stop making Symbian devices, in what could be a fatal blow for the OS.

By Daniel Ionescu | 02 October, 2010 05:20

Tags: consumer electronics, Ericsson, Nokia, Phones, samsung, sony, symbian

Samsung drops developer support for Symbian

Samsung is dropping support for Symbian from its Mobile Innovator developer support program, it said in a letter sent out on Thursday.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 01 October, 2010 20:04

Tags: consumer electronics, operating system, Phones, Samsung Electronics, smartphones

Nokia, AT&T offer $10 million to app developers

Nokia is partnering with AT&T to offer $US10 million in prizes to mobile application developers targeting North American users, in yet another attempt from the mobile giant to make an impact in the U.S.

By Nancy Gohring | 24 September, 2010 04:41

Tags: application development, at&t, consumer electronics, Nokia, Phones, smartphones, software

Nokia delays N8 smartphone launch

Nokia has delayed shipment of the N8, the first mobile phone to run the latest version of Symbian software and a device meant to turn around the company's slump.

By Nancy Gohring | 22 September, 2010 04:13

Tags: consumer electronics, Nokia, Phones, smartphones

Nokia says its first Symbian 3 smartphone will be out in Q3

Nokia on Tuesday announced that the N8, its first smartphone based on the Symbian 3 OS, will be out in the third quarter.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 28 April, 2010 06:40

Tags: Nokia, smartphones, symbian

Study: Android, iPhone fastest-growing smartphone platforms

Android and Apple's iPhone OS were the fastest-growing smartphone platforms in 2009, with sales of the iPhone OS overtaking those of Windows Mobile, research company Gartner said Tuesday. Symbian and Research In Motion's BlackBerry still lead the market, it said.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 24 February, 2010 06:57

Tags: Android, Gartner, iPhone, market research, mobile phones, smartphones, symbian, Windows Mobile

Symbian goes open source four months early

Symbian has completed the process of open sourcing its entire code base, in advance of its June deadline.

By Nancy Gohring | 04 February, 2010 09:14

Tags: open source, symbian, Symbian Foundation

Sony Ericsson launches Symbian phone with HD recording

Sony Ericsson has launched another Symbian-based smartphone, the Vivaz, which supports video recording at 720p and comes with an 8-megapixel camera.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 22 January, 2010 06:30

Tags: high definition, smartphones, Sony Ericsson, symbian

Nokia previews next-generation Symbian user interface

Nokia has turned in its proposal for the user interface in Symbian 4, with the goal of developing an interface that can compete with the iPhone and Google's Android OS.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 18 January, 2010 07:01

Tags: mobile phones, Nokia, smartphones, symbian, user interface

Sneak peek: Nokia's Symbian OS upgrade

Nokia is upping the ante against rivals such as Apple and Google with its preview of the upcoming iteration of Symbian OS (V3) for touchscreen devices. The upgraded mobile operating system is expected sometime next year, together with a bunch of new devices.

By Daniel Ionescu | 05 December, 2009 02:30

Tags: mobile os, mobile phones, Nokia, smartphones, Symbian Foundation, touch screens

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