Articles tagged with: Symbian and Docomo

Japanese Consortium to Develop Platform for Symbian and Linux Phones

A collection of Japanese companies have announced an agreement to jointly develop a new application platform for mobile phones that will be compatible with both the symbian and Linux operating systems. Commercial launch of mobile phones incorporating the new platform is scheduled for late 2011 to early 2012.  more

Related Tags: linux, fujitsu, sharp, nec, renesas-electronics, panasonic, video, 3d, renesas, Japan

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Nine New Members for the Symbian Foundation

Following Nokia's proposal to buy out its fellow shareholders in the symbian mobile OS company and release it as an open source platform - the company has now announced that nine more companies have joined the symbian Foundation.  more

Related Tags: sony-ericsson, semiconductor, texas-instruments, samsung, texas, lg, sony, open-source, symbian-foundation, nokia,, os, motorola,, marvell

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Microsoft faces Pressure from Smartphone OS Alliances

NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- With the smartphone world increasingly shifting toward an open operating system model, Microsoft and its Windows Mobile face another obstacle in trying to penetrate the consumer market.  more

Related Tags: android, google, windows-mobile, microsoft, samsung, smartphones, driving, open-handset-alliance, verizon-wireless, verizon, gartner, apple, compete, sk-telecom, open-source, operating-system, linux, andrew, symbian-foundation, olli-pekka-kallasvuo, os

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UPDATE: Nokia, Mobile Cos to Create Symbian Foundation

Nokia, Tuesday said it will acquire the remaining stake in symbian it doesn't already own and with a range of partners create the symbian Foundation, an open source model for the symbian wireless operating system.  more

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Symbian Components to be Offered as Open Source Software

Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola and NTT DoCoMo announced today their intent to unite symbian OS, S60, UIQ and MOAP(S) to create one open mobile software platform. Together with AT&T, LG Electronics, Samsung Electronics, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments and Vodafone they plan to establish the symbian Foundation to extend the appeal of this unified software platform.  more

Related Tags: sony-ericsson, texas-instruments, samsung, texas, motorola, lg, sony, open-source, operating-system, os, ntt-docomo

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DoCoMo Issues Guidelines for 3G Linux Smartphones

Japan's NTT DoCoMo has announced that it will develop an operator pack for Linux based 3G phones compatible with specifications established by the LiMo Foundation. DoCoMo expects to begin introducing handsets equipped with the operator pack in the second half of 2009.  more

Related Tags: nec, panasonic, 3g-phones, linux, panasonic-mobile, ntt-docomo, Japan

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Half Billion Phones Now Include the Flash Lite Player

Adobe Systems has announced that more than 500 million mobile devices have shipped with Adobe Flash Lite software to date. Flash Lite, Adobe's Flash Player runtime specifically designed for mobile devices, has seen over 150 percent growth over the last year and is now delivered on mobile phones and devices from all major handset manufacturers worldwide.  more

Related Tags: sony-ericsson, windows-mobile, microsoft, qualcomm, sony, oem, adobe, flash, nokia,, motorola,, adobe-flash

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Symbian reaches 30 million smartphone shipments in Japan

symbian has announced that over 30 million phones based on symbian OS have shipped in Japan up until the end of November 2007. symbian's market share of the NTT DoCoMo FOMA market grew in one year from 50% to 65% at the end of H1 2007. To date, a total of 69 mobile phone models based on symbian OS have launched in Japan by six symbian customers: Fujitsu, Mitsubishi, Nokia, Motorola, Sharp and Sony Ericsson.  more

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20.4m Symbian smartphones shipped in Q3 2007

Smartphone OS vendor, symbian has announced that during Q3 of this year, the company shipped 20.4 million smartphone licenses, bringing its total to 165 million licenses since the company was formed. 15 new symbian enabled smartphones models commenced shipment in Q3 2007, bringing the total number of models in the market at the end of Q3 2007 to 134 phones.  more

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Over 10 Million Smartphones Shipped in Asia in Q1

The latest APAC smart mobile device market estimates from Canalys reveal the continuing rise of converged devices (smart phones and wireless handhelds) in the region, with more than 10 million units shipping in a quarter for the first time. Canalys research suggests that 10.1 million smart phones shipped in Q1 2007, along with 435,000 wireless handhelds and less than 150,000 handhelds. APAC remains the largest region for smart mobile devices, making up 46% of the global market, compared to 37% for EMEA and 17% for the Americas. Canalys puts total worldwide shipments at 23.2 million units in Q1 2007, up 39% from the 16.7 million shipped in the same quarter one year ago.

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