Yesterday Symbian announced that 100 million Symbian smart phones have shipped to over 250 network operators worldwide since the company's formation. According to a CNet article, however, Nokia phones running on the OS are actually worse than their non-Symbian predecessors.
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Following the release earlier this year of its fully programmable Linux handset, the Greenphone, Trolltech will soon be offering handset manufacturers and developers "out-of-the-box" software suites--including the operating system and applications--in a similar approach to that taken by Symbian and Windows Mobile. Greensuite is built upon Qtopia Phone edition, Trolltech's application platform for embedded Linux-based phones.
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We’ve gotten a tip that Nokia’s N75 is this close to launching on Cingular. As a member of Nokia’s N-series, the N75 is not to be called a phone. No, it’s a multimedia computer. It boasts Symbian Series 60, UMTS 3G connectivity, a 2-megapixel cam, microSD, and stereo Bluetooth. It also has external MP3 playback control buttons.
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Check out Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's thoughts on Windows Mobile and the smartphone market. He calls Palm and BlackBerry devices niche players!
"When it comes to smart devices, there really aren't that many players. Basically, you have Nokia/Symbian, you've got us. Actually, I'll be so bold as to say that the two of us stand out in that area. Then you have some guys who are more niche players--Palm is more of a niche player, (Research In Motion's) BlackBerry is more of a niche player, those Linux devices from Motorola, particularly in China, (mean it) is more of a niche player."
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The Nokia 6290, which was announced at Nokia Capital Markets day (part of the Nokia World event), is a mid tier clamshell S60 on Symbian OS phone. Feature wise the 6290 boasts WCDMA (3G) and quad-band GSM connectivity, a 2.0 megapixel camera, FM Radio, stereo speakers and dual screens
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The new incarnation of the Nokia's N91 music phone is labeled on the company's U.S. Web site as "coming soon." In case you don't know, this second N91 has an 8GB hard drive for storing your tunes (double the 4GB hard drive on the first N91), and it sports a sleek black color scheme.
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Linux has been mentioned as a potentially leading platform for mobile devices for as long as there have been mobile devices. However, mobile Linux is still largely missing in action. The new crop of high-visibility smart phones such as the Samsung BlackJack, the Nokia E62 and the Treo 680 are based on Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Mobile, the Symbian and the aging Palm OS platforms.
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Nokia have added a number of user agent profile files to their website including ones for the as yet unannounced Nokia E61i and Nokia E65 models. Careful reading of the user agent profiles reveals that both devices run on S60 3rd Edition on Symbian OS 9.1. The E61i appears to be a tweaked version of the E61. Changes from the E61 include the addition of a camera and a change to the MicroSD memory card format.
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Mobility Site writes [n]ow the obvious contender is one of the new HTC devices.. but the 5500 has one major feature that non of the HTC stable has (and I'm not talking about Symbian here). It's a waterproof, dust-proof, shockproof, rucksack-proof device that isn't going to make it's owners do the maths about screen replacement after you've bounced it off the concrete.
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