Symbian News Desk

Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. (QuIC) and the Symbian Foundation today announced that QuIC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, has joined the Symbian Foundation and has been appointed to the Symbian Foundation board of directors. QuIC will support the Symbian Foundation with active participation on the board of directors and each of the four councils that govern the development of the Symbian platform. QuIC's charter is to focus on optimizing open source software for use with Qualcomm technology. QuIC brings to the Symbian Foundation a wealth of knowledge and expertise in open source and, as a Symbian Foundation board member, QuIC is committed to working with its fellow board members for Symbian's continued commercial success. QuIC joins wireless opera... (more)

Bluetooth SIG Opens Nominations for Best of CES Awards

Wireless Technology Journal The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) today opened nominations for its 5th Annual Best of CES 2010 Awards. The program will feature the most innovative Bluetooth enabled devices of the year with one overall winner unveiled at an awards reception held the evening of Friday, January 8, during the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The SIG’s... (more)

Video: FAME Premiere Attendees Get 'FAMEUS' With LG Mobile Phones

LG Electronics MobileComm U.S.A. Inc. (LG Mobile Phones) partnered with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. (MGM) and Lakeshore Entertainment to create a multi-faceted marketing campaign to promote the highly-anticipated film, FAME, which premiered last night in Los Angeles. FAME is the highly anticipated remake of the 80's award winning hit film -- is set at a New York City performing arts school ... (more)

Nokia Multimedia Phones Run Symbian OS

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... (more)

Symbian Welcomes the Availability of Nokia's N72

"The Nokia N72 perfectly illustrates our commitment to offer the powerful performance of the Nokia Nseries to people based in regions dominated by EDGE/GSM network coverage," said Pekka Pohjakallio, vice president of Multimedia Computers, Nokia, as the company announced that it has started shipments of its popular multimedia computer. In pearl pink or gloss black, this compact package has ... (more)