First Symbian 3 device to be released in September

Samantha — Sun, 30 May 2010 14:31:04 +0000

Nokia have announced the N8, their first device to use the Symbian 3 operating system. Due to be released in September 2010, it signals Nokia’s desire to re-enter the smartphone market.

The phone features include HDMI output, a 12 megapixel camera, a multi-touch capable capacitive screen, GPS, WiFi and 16GB of memory. These specs put the phone squarely up against the iPhone and other mid-range models currently available, but by the time it is released it could well find it has slipped back relative to the competition.

Whatever happens, it is good to see Nokia aren’t abandoning the market for smartphones after many criticised its previous efforts for being too closed and too far behind the competition.

First Open Source Symbian phone to launch

Samantha — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:32:57 +0000

The Symbian OS is one which many people will have had experience with over the years. Once the mainstay of the higher-end phone market, its market share has been nibbled away with the advent of the smartphone. Last year we saw a host of mobile phone companies including Nokia and Motorola band together to release the previously proprietary Symbian platform as open source, something estimated to be worth in excess of a billion dollars.

Well, now Nokia are taking the next step. The Nokia N8 will be powered by the new Symbian 3 platform and will feature such features as high-def video output through HDMI, multi-tasking apps and a multi-touch interface. Whether this means it can challenge the high end of the market again remains to be seen though.

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First Symbian 3 device to be released in September

First Open Source Symbian phone to launch