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Symbian faces emerging Linux competition

Linux will soon present a serious challenge to incumbent smartphone OS software vendors, research suggests.

By Miya Knights, 4 Jun 2008 at 11:13

Mobile/News

Nokia

Nokia cuts 4,000 jobs

The mobile manufacturer admits 4,000 jobs will go, with a further 3,000 shifted over to Accenture as part of a Symbian partnership.

By Tom Brewster, 27 Apr 2011 at 10:09

Mobile/News

Mobile virus

NetQin: Botnets hit 100,000 Symbian phones

Botnets discovered by NetQin have potentially hit 100,000 Symbian phones.

By Tom Brewster, 8 Jul 2010 at 16:13

Security/News

Symbian

Symbian Foundation to close websites in December

The Symbian Foundation will take down its websites in less than a month.

By Tom Brewster, 29 Nov 2010 at 14:40

Symbian/News

Symbian

Symbian banking on open source success

Supporters of the mobile phone platform are hoping that Nokia’s open source ambitions for Symbian will boost its popularity in the booming...

By Paul Sandle, Reuters, 21 Oct 2008 at 08:14

Symbian/News

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Nokia waves hello to Skype for Symbian

More than 200 million Symbian-based smartphones will now be able to make use of Skype.

By Tarmo Virki, Reuters, 3 Mar 2010 at 11:04

Networking/News

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Symbian microkernel goes open source

Heart of Symbian OS made available to developers in 'Kernel Taster kit' some nine months ahead of schedule.<br>

By Martin James, 26 Oct 2009 at 12:06

Symbian/News

Sinking ship

Is Symbian a sinking ship?

Symbian^4 is make or break time for the troubled platform, Gartner claims, accusing the Symbian Foundation of being oblivious to just how much...

By Martin James, 13 Jul 2010 at 13:35

Mobile/News

Nokia

Ovi store hits five million daily donwloads

Nokia claims its applications store has grown eight times over in the past year.

By Alvaro Guzman Bastida, 13 Apr 2011 at 12:16

Mobile/News

Mobiles

Smartphone shipments rocket 87 per cent

IDC reports a massive surge in smartphone sales, with a rise in Android shipments.

By Jennifer Scott, 8 Feb 2011 at 09:35

Mobile/News

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First MeeGo smartphone build available for developers

A pre-beta version of Nokia and Intel's new mobile platform has been given the nod, though the first final build isn't expected for at least...

By Martin James, 1 Jul 2010 at 14:42

Mobile/News

touchscreen

Touch screens takeover smartphone market

The latest global sales figures show touch screens on more than half of all smartphones sold, with Apple and Nokia leading the way.

By Martin James, 10 Feb 2010 at 12:49

Mobile/News

Nokia denies it will release an Android phone

A news report spreads rumours that Nokia will release an Google Android phone, but the company adamantly denies them.

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 6 Jul 2009 at 11:36

Mobile/News

Europe favours US software makers over UK

UK software vendors only hold a limited market share in the region compared to the domination of US firms, according to the latest research rankings.

By Miya Knights, 30 Jan 2009 at 11:25

Strategy/News

Google Android

Sony Ericsson and Vodafone back Android

Another boost for Google’s smartphone operating system as another major phone maker and network operator join the Open Handset Alliance.

By Jennifer Martinez, Reuters, 10 Dec 2008 at 08:40

Mobile/News

BlackBerry making gains in slowing smartphone market

RIM looks to be keeping its nose above the competition in the face of a slowing market for smartphones.

By Reuters, 8 Sep 2008 at 14:34

Mobile/News

Lotus Notes email

IBM and Nokia add Notes email to phones

The computing and mobile phone giants partner to add Lotus Notes email support to a range of Nokia’s Symbian S60-based handsets.

By Tarmo Virki, Reuters, 20 Nov 2008 at 17:11

Mobile/News

Symbian handsets

Symbian completes switch to open source

As of today, the code behind the world's most popular mobile operating system is freely available to developers, four months ahead of schedule.

By Martin James, 4 Feb 2010 at 10:06

Symbian/News

Smartphone Show 2008: Free love for Symbian developers

There is such a thing as free code, apparently.

By Maggie Holland, 21 Oct 2008 at 12:04

Mobile/News

Symbian

Samsung agrees to Nokia’s Symbian takeover

Major obstacle in Nokia’s plan to take control of the Symbian mobile platform is removed after the Korean electronics giant agrees to sell its...

By Chris Green, 2 Sep 2008 at 17:19

Mobile/News

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