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According to this ZDNet article Nokia are going to do a full press release for the N-Gage tomorrow. So we should then know the full specification of the device and initial software details. The article says Nokia are trying to break into the games market due to slow growth in mobile phones but expects them to have a hard time doing it. They did not mention release dates but the February Carphone Warehouse catalogue says the N-Gague is expected in May. It also said the 3650 is due in late Feb but the P800 is not expected until March.
In case you haven't seen it, there's a short but enjoyable column on infoSync looks at Symbian's current position compared with just two years ago when Symbian devices were still a dream. Give it a shot.....
You may think it looks like a toy, I may think it looks like a toy, but inside, it's a powerhouse! This review is clearly written by someone who has been blow away by the phone! Maybe it shows just how far behind the rest of us the US is, but reading such positive comments from a place where anything without a Microsoft logo is disregarded as pointless (or 'bugfart' as they like to say)....
All About Symbian will be moving to a dedicated server in the next few days. We hope to make this transition as painless as possible for you. Hopefully the only thing you will notice will be the forums being inacessible for a short time. Please remain patient during any problems we may have.
The WAP site has been relaunched today. Now you can get all the content available on All About Symbian via your phone. The new site enables you to view and post in the forums, read the reviews, browser the software directory and much more. You can learn more about the new WAP site in the full story or by going here.
According to the Canalys quarter 4 sales figures Nokia with its Symbian devices took 42% of the overall PDA & Smartphone market with 679,250 units shipped. This was similar to Q3 with 665,940 units, so they are keeping up the momentum. Palm came 2'nd with 381,100 and 24% and HP 3rd with 151,990 down to just 9% of the market.
Siemens is set to launch its highly anticpated Symbian phone at 3GSM in Cannes according to this PMN report. Two new phones (a high end Symbian, and low end) are set to be announced and a further two at CeBit (another Symbian phone perhaps). The phone is likely to be the much rumoured Series 60 device.
Its been anticipated for some time, but now the official announcement has been made. Sendo have liscensed the Symbian OS following up on their liscensing on Series 60. Sendo’s first Symbian OS product will be a data-enabled smartphone using the Series 60 User Interface.
Ok not so much mayhem. But in the music vid for MyBalloon's new release "Trust No One" (due out on Feb 3rd in Germany), we can clearly see a chubby business man type talking into a 9210 and holding it the right way round. A non-perfect quality video can be downloaded from the band's website.
An executive at BenQ, Taiwan’s largest mobile phone maker, said that the company will use the Symbian OS platform for a smartphone to be launched in the third quarter of 2003 or later. Link to digitimes article.
Not long ago, it was discovered that you can actually bypass the security on the Orange/Microsoft SPiV so that installing third party applications becomes a reality. If you bought one of these units with the intention of installing extra software, your dreams have come true - only keep looking over your shoulder because Microsoft and Orange are looking for you.......
Its not often that you can honestly say that Microsoft and Linux have a common foe, but in this case they do in onse sense. Both Linux and Microsoft are being touted as alternatives to Symbian. This Yahoo article talks about Microsft and its entry to the market, while this news.com article discusses Linux.
How can a new device have a history? Well, it has a development history. The P800 development dates back to 1999 (first seen publcially Cebit 2000). You can read more about the philosophy behind the design in WDN's excellent article.
