symbian

Nokia N8 – the last Symbian-powered Nseries

Published on: 25th June, 2010

Nokia has recently presented the company’s new flagship N8 smartphone, at an Australian event which took place on June 23. Nokia’s spokespeople seem to have declared that this will be the last Nseries smartphone based on the company’s platform, Symbian. They also said that MeeGo will be the platform to accompany all future Nokia handsets; [...]

The iPhone aims to lead the top three in the United States

Published on: 11th June, 2010

The iPhone has slightly gained smartphone market share in the United States, according to a Nielsen study. This rise seems to be at the expense of Windows Mobile and BlackBerry phones. Data for the fourth quarter 2009 and the first quarter 2010 shows a rise of two percent, reaching 28 percent. BlackBerry has kept its [...]

Accusations of excessive restrictions against Apple, launched by Adobe official

Published on: 13th April, 2010

Lee Brimelow from Adobe has launched accusations of excessive restrictions against Apple for its eventual decision of banning cross-compiling tools in the iPhone 4.0 SDK. He said there was no real reason to make this move other than to tyrannically exert control. Brimelow added that this was part of a veritable crusade against Adobe and [...]

Owners of iPhone most eager to recommend their phones

Published on: 2nd March, 2010

It seems iPhone and iPod owners are the most inclined to recommend their devices to friends, as latest researches reveal. A high number of iPhone users, about 91 percent, and 88 percent of iPod touch owners would gladly tell their friends to buy such devices, as January information says. At the same time, only 84 [...]

Multi-touch and visual multitasking for Symbian^3

Published on: 23rd February, 2010

Symbian has opened its Mobile World Congress introductions with the presentation of Symbian^3. The new operating system, as expected from its previews, includes multi-touch, single-tap actions where they are possible and a set of home screens with widgets. A unique feature is a visual multitasking system allowing users to bring up views of active applications [...]

Skype for Symbian beta early next year

Published on: 23rd December, 2009

There was an original idea that Skype could only be used while being at home. People could use VoIP services with their computers or purchase dedicated phones to do that. However, users are more interested in Skype service on their mobile phones and if iPhone users are already able to do it, Symbian users will [...]

Nokia expected to take Symbian interface to a new level

Published on: 7th December, 2009

The Capital Markets Day gathering projected a pessimistic forecast for Nokia next year unless new developments are considered. Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, the company’s CEO, said that Nokia would improve the Symbian interface and take it to a higher level and also improve the user experience. The cell phone manufacturer is however expected to have a flat [...]

End of Symbian-based Nseries?

Published on: 20th November, 2009

Nokia’s N900 has recently been launched. On this occasion, the company said that it will renounce using Symbian in all Nseries services by 2012. Nowadays, Nokia has only one Maemo-based smartphone, but the company plans to quit using Symbian S60 on Nseries, in the future. The end of Symbian-based Nokia smartphones will be gradual, as [...]

Samsung and Symbian collaboration goes on

Published on: 18th November, 2009

Samsung has denied dropping Symbian in favor of the bada mobile in-house developed operating system, one day after the company’s VP, Don Joo, said that the break-up between the electronics manufacturer and Symbian is bound to happen. On November 12, 2009, the company stated that this strategy is not included in their future plans concerning [...]

Symbian – no longer desired at Samsung in 2010

Published on: 13th November, 2009

It is already clear that Symbian has no future related to Samsung smartphones. It will be completely replaced with the in-house-made operating system bada. Analysts’ forecast had Symbian use decreased to a few percents and anticipated the complete exit in 2011, but Samsung’s officials decided to eliminate Symbian use in 2010. The replacement of Symbian [...]

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