Symbian News Desk

Nokia's newest multimedia phones run on Symbian OS, billed by Symbian as "the world's most popular operating system for advanced mobile phones." "The open standards of Symbian OS have enabled Nokia to rapidly develop this new range of compelling phones," Symbian said in an official statement. The new range includes three phones: the Nokia N91 (the first phone based on Symbian OS v9), the Nokia N90, and the Nokia N70 (3G). The three phones incorporate a range of leading edge, next generation multimedia technologies including: ·        3G ·        Carl Zeiss Optics ·        Megapixel cameras ·        Multi-gigabyte memory ·        VHS resolution video ·        WLAN According to a press statement issued today by Nokia, the Nseries offers "new fusions of digital media and mobility to the hands of mobile users". This means that consumers can use a single one of these devices to do such ... (more)

Symbian & Open Source: The Momentum Grows

A recently published round-up of useful Symbian applications that are all open source confirms that, while tracking down open source applications for Symbian isn't a cakewalk, there are rich pickings for those who persevere. Among the useful apps recommended were the following: Calculator, written by Konstantin Knizhnik jFreeSafe - a password storage application developed in Java by Laszlo Marai Bemused - for controlling your music collection remotely using Bluetooth OggPlay - for playing play .ogg audio files Shopper2 - another  Kostantin Knizhnik app Torch - allows you to use your phone ... (more)

Symbian Welcomes The Availability of Nokia's 9300

Symbian welcomed the availability of Nokia’s Symbian OS-based Nokia 9300, a business device on a US operator network with BlackBerry Connect. The Nokia 9300 is now available in the U.S. through Cingular Wireless and features the popular BlackBerry wireless services via the BlackBerry Connect licensing program from Research In Motion In addition to offering the BlackBerry Connect e-mail solution, the Nokia 9300 device is also compatible with several third-party applications to provide individuals and businesses of all sizes with a comprehensive wireless solution operating on ... (more)

Symbian and Cicero Collaborate to Enable Voice Call Continuity on Symbian OS

Cicero Networks and Symbian Limited have announced a proof-of-concept for voice mobility across multiple networks on FreeWay - Symbian's IP communications architecture on Symbian OS. Cicero, an active member of the Symbian Partner Network, and Symbian have collaborated to enable Voice Call Continuity (VCC) using the FreeWay communications architecture and CiceroVCC engine. The solution provides seamless in-call handover to enable roaming between circuit switched networks and all-IP based IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) networks including Long Term Evolution (LTE) and WiMAX. As us... (more)

Open Kernel Labs Delivers OK:Symbian to Global Smartphone Marketplace

Open Kernel Labs (OK Labs) has announced availability of OK:Symbian, a ready-to-run paravirtualized version of the globally-deployed Symbian smartphone platform. OK Labs Secure HyperCell(TM) Architecture enables the Symbian platform to be used as a guest operating system running in a secure hypercell on top of the OK Labs OKL4 microvisor. With this architecture, OK:Symbian attains new levels of security and robustness and enables the use of Symbian platform in new lower cost devices and in new ways. Currently, the Symbian platform runs on select handsets from Nokia, Sony Ericsso... (more)