Symbian News

Opera Mobile for Symbian update - 23 Nov, 2011

The best web browser for Symbian just got itself an update. Following the update to Opera Mini last week, its big brother, the full-on browser Opera Mobile has also now been updated, to v11.5.1. The main change is enhancements to language choice and ...

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Apple to Deliver NFC iPhones in 2012 - 23 Nov, 2011

Slowly but surely, near-field communication, or NFC, has been trickling into Android, Symbian, and BlackBerry devices. The wireless technology enables handsets to share information with a quick tap or swipe, ...

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Microsoft's Windows Phone Fails To Gain Traction In Q3 2011 - 23 Nov, 2011

Windows Phone Lagging Behind Android, iOS, Symbian, Blackberry and even Bada. Gartner released some sales figures for the global smartphone market in the third quarter of 2011, and Microsoft's Windows Phone was lagging behind all the other notable ...

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Opera Mobile for Symbian update - 23 Nov, 2011

The best web browser for Symbian just got itself an update. Following the update to Opera Mini last week, its big brother, the full-on browser Opera Mobile has also now been updated, to v11.5.1. The main change is enhancements to language choice and ...

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China is now leading smartphone market - 23 Nov, 2011

The category of smartphones includes all phones powered by iOS, Android, Windows Mobile/Windows Phone, Symbian, WebOS, or Meego. It is the former of those platforms that has helped to boost smartphones in China the most. The iPhone is now out in full ...

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A bird's eye view of the global smartphone market - ‎Nov 21, 2011‎

Both RIM and Symbian saw two sequential drops in volume. The iPhone had a seasonal (or, more accurately, transitional) decline. Windows Phone had a very modest increase in share from 1.3 per cent to 1.7 per cent share though this is well below a margin ...

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Nokia: On Windows Phone, Symbian's Future and Lumia - 23 Nov, 2011

During the event, a couple of interesting things came to light with regard to the Lumia 800 handset, Nokia's plans with Windows Phone and their plans for India and Symbian's future. Here's a quick look at them: 1. There's a "big" launch of the Nokia ...

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Overpriced at £1? Hard to swallow at £2? People have lost all sense of ... - 23 Nov, 2011

I saw a comment recently which declared that a full Symbian app was "overpriced" at £1 and another that a genre-defining, spare-time-consuming Windows Phone game was "hard to swallow" at £2.29. Really? Really? Let's get a few things straight. ...

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Uh oh. Nokia Windows Phone sales estimates slashed. - 23 Nov, 2011

This follows a report last Friday from Bernstein Research analyst Pierre Ferragu, who noted that Google Trends data suggests as much “buzz” for the Nokia Lumia 800 as the company's N8 Symbian phone. Nokia's Lumia 710 and 800 phones have only been ...

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A bird's eye view of the global smartphone market - ‎Nov 21, 2011‎

Both RIM and Symbian saw two sequential drops in volume. The iPhone had a seasonal (or, more accurately, transitional) decline. Windows Phone had a very modest increase in share from 1.3 per cent to 1.7 per cent share though this is well below a margin ...

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Opera Mobile for Symbian update - 23 Nov, 2011

The best web browser for Symbian just got itself an update. Following the update to Opera Mini last week, its big brother, the full-on browser Opera Mobile has also now been updated, to v11.5.1. The main change is enhancements to language choice and ...

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Nokia's Great Lost Platform - ‎Nov 21, 2011‎

This venture was called Symbian. The future truly appeared to be at Symbian's feet. By the middle of the year 2000, Symbian had yet to ship its first real phone, however. And internally the top of the company was riven by conflict, as the owners pulled ...

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Nokia's 'Great Lost Platform'? - ‎Nov 21, 2011‎

Andrew Orlowski's posts on Psion, Nokia and Symbian over at The Register are often a rollicking read, especially for geeks interested in Symbian's past. This five page article is all about Hildon, the UI (and indeed 'platform', or so argues the piece) ...

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Q3 smartphone stats now available, Symbian slipping, but still ahead of iOS - ‎Nov 16, 2011‎

Sales of Symbian-powered smartphones in the quarter were down 10 million from last year's total, at just under 20 million, but still notably higher than sales of Apple's high profile iOS devices. Sales of Android-powered devices were the strongest, ...

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Uh oh. Nokia Windows Phone sales estimates slashed. - 23 Nov, 2011

This follows a report last Friday from Bernstein Research analyst Pierre Ferragu, who noted that Google Trends data suggests as much “buzz” for the Nokia Lumia 800 as the company's N8 Symbian phone. Nokia's Lumia 710 and 800 phones have only been ...

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Symbian Belle Coming To Nokia N8 and E7 - 22 Nov, 2011

Nokia have now launched their Windows Phone 7 smartphones, which effectively killed off the Symbian platform. However, Nokia havn't forgotten about all the people who bought a Symbian smartphone and is continuing to improve the operating system. ...

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McAfee: Android Biggest Malware Target Today, Yet Symbian Still Tops It - ‎Nov 21, 2011‎

But just as in the wider mobile market, Android is still playing second fiddle to Symbian, which holds the dubious distinction of having, by far, the most platform-specific malware of all. McAfee's Q3 report, out today, noted that Android malware was ...

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Uh oh. Nokia Windows Phone sales estimates slashed. - 22 Nov, 2011

This follows a report last Friday from Bernstein Research analyst Pierre Ferragu, who noted that Google Trends data suggests as much “buzz” for the Nokia Lumia 800 as the company's N8 Symbian phone. Nokia's Lumia 710 and 800 phones have only been ...

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Symbian Belle Coming To Nokia N8 and E7 - 22 Nov, 2011

Nokia have now launched their Windows Phone 7 smartphones, which effectively killed off the Symbian platform. However, Nokia havn't forgotten about all the people who bought a Symbian smartphone and is continuing to improve the operating system. ...

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Android crushed the smartphone competition last quarter - ‎Nov 16, 2011‎

Android has seriously stepped up to become the top dog, Symbian is a force no more, and iOS ... well, not everything changes. Gartner's November mobile device report gives us the numbers. Android OS leads the pack with a 52.5% global market share, ...

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