View Full Version : Matsushita (Panasonic) are in!


TANKERx
10-07-2002, 09:52 AM
http://press.nokia.com/PR/200207/866253_5.html

Matsushita, the Japanese manufacturer of Panasonic mobile phones has announced that it will license the Series 60 platform from Nokia and integrate it into their Symbian OS based multimedia phones.

As the press release; "Matsushita and Nokia believe that consumers and corporate users need to have the freedom to choose their mobile devices according to personal preferences and still access all services across terminals, operators and regions. We are delighted to work with Matsushita as they become a Series 60 licensee and look forward to their input to further develop the terminal software in the spirit of innovativeness and openness. By utilizing interoperable platforms, Matsushita will be one of the key players in the industry to boost the mobile services market".

"Series 60 is a comprehensive software platform for smart phones, created for mobile phone users that demand easy-to-use, one-hand operated handsets with high-quality color screens, rich communications and enhanced applications. Series 60 consists of the key telephony and personal information management applications, the browser and messaging clients, as well as a complete and modifiable user interface, all designed to run on top of the Symbian OS, an operating system for advanced, data enabled mobile phones".