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Symbian Ltd. announced that Symbian OS shipped in over 10 million mobile phones in Japan up until the end of May 2006.
The very first Symbian OS phones shipped in Japan in 2003 from Fujitsu; the FOMA F2051 followed by the FOMA F2102. A total of 6 Symbian OS based models had been shipped in Japan from Fujitsu and Nokia in 2004, 14 models from Fujitsu, Nokia, Mitsubishi, Sharp, and Motorola in 2005, and to date 35 models from 6 handset vendors including Sony Ericsson have shipped in total.
Haruhiko Hisa, President, Symbian Co. Ltd said that this significant achievement was driven by the remarkable growth of the advanced 3G mobile phone market in Japan, NTT DoCoMo’s selection of Symbian OS as a common software development platform for its 3G FOMA network and the fact that Symbian OS, as an open mobile operating system, reduces time to market. “Symbian will continue to focus on enabling applications and services that meet the demands of mobile phone users by working together with network operators, handset manufacturers, and partners in Japan”, added Hisa.
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Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
