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Nokia denies giving up Symbian

admin — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:12:33 +0000

Friday Nokia said the upcoming Maemo-based high-end systems Nokia N900 cell phone t is not a threat to Symbian system status.

On the 11th of this month there is news that Nokia will abandon Symbian system, in turn pushing open-source platform, Maemo. This week, Nokia launched in October acknowledged to be high-end phones based on Maemo Systems Nokia N900.

However, Nokia said Friday, and will not give up Symbian. Nokia’s sales director for Anxi 10000 Iozzi (Anssi Vanjoki) said: “This is not a threat to Symbian’s position, Symbian will be our main platform for the future will be fully complete.”

Late last year, Nokia’s Symbian has just completed the acquisition of the remaining 52% stake in the work to achieve 100% Holdings of Symbian. Maemo is a Linux-based software platform for mobile devices, which is the operating system, Nokia’s top brands, to compensate for some of the congenitally deficient Symbian

Nokia released high-end Linux mobile phone

admin — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:03:50 +0000

The world’s largest mobile phone maker Nokia Thursday announced that next month will launch a first use of Linux system software, high-end mobile phone N900, products tend to have individual computerized cell phone to show against the Apple (Apple) smart phones iPhone ambition.

Nokia N900 with Linux open source operating system developed by the Maemo to operate high-end products, as well as ARM’s Cortex-A8 processor, and give Intel (blog) processor. Products available in touch screen and slide-out keyboard, excluding subsidies and taxes, the retail price of each is about 500 euros (712 dollars).

According to foreign media reports, because of Nokia’s smart phone operating system developed by Symbian, now a huge market share, surpassing rival Apple, BlackBerry (BlackBerry) manufacturer RIM and Google combined market share, Nokia today also clarify in particular, adoption of Linux-based operating system, and will not affect the company’s promotion of Symbian’s strategy, both in its high-end product lines in parallel.

Nokia’s executive vice president of marketing, said Anssi Vanjoki, new products will help enhance the company’s market competitiveness against the iPhone, but he stressed that Nokia N900 is not a direct challenge to the iPhone, but rather by the use of Linux, Maemo operating system, so this phone to provide “similar to the personal computer experience”, for example, simultaneous operation of several windows programs.

He pointed out that this product back in iPhone, before the appearance of any development-related information, then under the company’s schedule development; In contrast, currently only using the Symbian operating system, the company has launched a smart phone, only in direct competition with the iPhone

Nokia Beta Labs exposed latest Photo Browser

admin — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:10:53 +0000

Nokia just launched Beta Labs Nokia Photo Browser for non touch cell phone. This application was used for touchscreen Nokia with Symbian S60 5th edition. Now this application available for Symbian S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1 and S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2.

Using this Nokia Photo Browser will let user to watch the photos with an interesting interface. With 3 dimension effect, photo zooming and face Detection makes the photos browser more attractive. You can download this application here

Symbian mobile operating system released first open-source software

admin — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:13:46 +0000

Symbian Foundation recently issued its first open-source software program, which has made the whole Symbian mobile phone operating system, the first step in opening up.

Symbian Foundation by Nokia, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, NTT DoCoMo, Texas Instruments, Vodafone, Samsung, LG and AT & T was established in June 2008, mainly to monitor Symbian OS as an open platform for the development process, the new platform will be Eclipse Public License (EPL) to authorize. Symbian OS is the Symbian Foundation had developed a proprietary software.

According to Symbian developer Craig Heath introduced, Symbian first authorized by the EPL the OS security procedures have been officially announced this week.

“OS security package’s source code is now available through the EPL acquisition, which is closed from the Symbian Foundation License (SFL) a formal transition to the EPL package first.” Heath wrote in the blog.

Heath said the EPL will be allowed to bypass security procedures, the provisions of the United Kingdom’s exports, Symbian code are protected by law in the United Kingdom.

“Software ‘in the public domain’ has immunity means that the open-source software from the export controls, it will be moved to EPL from the SFL is to ensure that we can obtain the full encryption of the most direct way,” he wrote.

This is also intended to demonstrate the open-source Symbian and safety is “serious.” In addition to the basic components and external drivers, Symbian Foundation will be open the next step of the core Symbian, Symbian, according to the general architect Daniel Rubio said.

“This requires from other components and drivers in order to complete the I / O bus interface of a co-operation – for example, a BSP (Board Support Package) to support the package, a hardware device and a disposable tool for random chain,” Rubio, in his blog mentioned. “The good news is that we are working hard to make this possible in the short term, I think it was three months.”

Accompanied by changes to the open-source, Symbian is some old software components into a new synthesis of the operating system, it will be named Symbian 2. The new OS based on Symbian OS version 9 and integration of S60, UIQ and MOAP user interface, plans for the next beta version of the test a few weeks and may occur in the first half of next year on hand-held devices.

In March this year, Symbian said that every six months they plan to issue a new version of OS, is expected to Symbian 3 will be released in the middle of this year. All Symbian market competition are the same variety of operating systems, including Apple’s iPhone OS, Google’s Android and Microsoft’s Windows Mobile.

Nokia will release flagship N98

admin — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:28:42 +0000

Nokia will be the fastest at the end of 2009, released its first 12 million pixel camera phone, although not to disclose any spy and products according to the parameters, the news from both Nokia and Carl Zeiss company, we can see a certain authenticity. Of course, Nokia released 10 million pixel handset is not already an open secret that, as a present, there are only eight million pixels flagship N86, 500-megapixel mobile phone is also one of the few, and therefore a higher standard this year is obviously a matter of course the flagship camera. In addition, with the Sony Ericsson Satio, Samsung 12 million pixel M8910/M8920, such as the surfaced phone, Nokia is also bound to feel pressure from other competitors, on a N86 phone will be difficult to conquer the world continue to maintain in enough high-end market competitiveness.

Symbian Association forecast the smartphone growth to 12% this year

admin — Wed, 20 May 2009 15:02:00 +0000

Symbian Association head Lee Williams predicted that in 2009 smart phone market will grow 12% -15%.

Smart phones are considered on the mobile phone market this year, a bright spot, some analysts and even smart phone market is expected to increase more than 30%.

Williams Tuesday in the “Reuters Global Technology Summit,” the statement said, “It is the first time at the same time realize that there is no need to carry digital cameras and mobile phones, mobile phones can send and receive e-mail and Internet access.” He said that a greater display and greater storage capacity also encourage consumers to purchase a factor smartphone.

Well-known chip design company ARM said Monday, the smart phone market this year is expected to grow by 10%; France’s second-largest mobile operator SFR said that strong demand for smart phones.

The first quarter of this year’s decline in mobile phone market reached a new high in history, analysts estimated that production fell by 13% -16%. The industry generally is expected by the current economic crisis, the global handset market in 2009 will shrink by 10%.

All-mirror design of metallic body:Nokia 6750

admin — Thu, 07 May 2009 07:17:30 +0000

You see this phone is the upcoming Nokia New Nokia 6750 (above pic).
This phone pretty good shape, all-mirror design of metallic body, external and Nokia N76 are the same as the three music control buttons, as the picture for the cell phone turned off, it is likely to mirror hidden under an external screen , that is to say Nokia 6750 is very likely dual. From the fuselage, we did not find the phone to run S60 system must function keys, it can be speculated Nokia 6750 system is not running S60, S40 system is most likely.

Nokia full touch screen smartphone flagship Exposure

admin — Thu, 07 May 2009 07:06:41 +0000

While Nokia’s touch screen phone entered the full path of the market started late, but whether it is the first S60 full-touch screen mobile phone 5800XM or upcoming flagship N series N97 have been very high concern. In recent days, the 5800XM beginning of an upgraded version of the news spread like wildfire on the network, although currently only in the rumor stage, but it is not groundless. Following the aircraft development partners in the Nokia 2009 Summit presentation of an official document after the first exposure, the mystery of two photos from the Internet has also recently emerged.

The picture shows the Nokia full touch screen according to a new spy plane
The two shots from above, its source may be from the Nokia technical engineers to develop the interface JavaScript test, although did not rule out the possibility of PS, but more like the whole touch screen is a Nokia prototype cell phone, especially It has large size and wide-screen design it seems that before the exposure and contacts Nokia Eitri most dense, and taking into account after the Nokia N97 will be released this year, more full-touch screen products, so this mysterious Screenshots Perhaps the emergence of a new generation of high-end touch screen means that this flagship will be evolved.

The information provided in accordance with the past, code-named “Eitri” Nokia full touch screen machines will be loaded with a new 3.5-inch resolution of 640×350 pixels large widescreen touch LCD, built-in 5,000,000 pixels Carl Zeiss lens, and with S60 based on the fifth edition of the operating system with 8GB memory capacity. In addition, it will also support FM launch function, such as GPS navigation, Bluetooth, TV-OUT video output, WLAN wireless local area network 11 and other functions are also available. Worth mentioning that Nokia “Eitri” will also support gesture control, which is hearsay in the whole of this year Nokia mobile phone is about to touch the first time introduced a new technology.

Upcoming Nokia N97
Whether speculation is correct, third all-touch screen mobile phone, Nokia has been the distance we are no longer far away, I believe with the N97 in June this year, the official sale, the new generation will soon touch the flagship show in front of us, let us all wait and see