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Symbian 9.5 will be released on Monday, but what happened to 9.4?

Categories: Symbian
By: , IntoMobile
Friday, March 23rd, 2007 at 6:26 PM

Rafe must know a guy who knows a guy because this press release is dated Monday March 26, 2007:

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Symbian Ltd. today announced Symbian OS v9.5, the latest evolution of the world’s leading operating system for smartphones.  Symbian OS v9.5 brings high performance features designed for richer consumer and enterprise experiences as well as significant savings to phone build costs and time to market, delivering a truly scalable operating system for the global market.

Symbian OS v9.5 is the result of continued deep collaboration with Symbian OS licensees, the world’s leading handset vendors, and its user interface platform partners including MOAP, S60 and UIQ.  With high smartphone growth in developing markets and as mass market requirements from handset manufacturers continue to rise, Symbian’s addressable market is broadening across segments and regions. 

Symbian OS v9.5, backward compatible with all versions of the v9 family, includes the following key enhancements:

  • Higher performance for lower hardware cost
  • Faster time to market
  • Designed for richer user experiences

I can’t wait to read the office press release and detailed white papers on Monday. Whatever advances are made in this OS will be seen (hopefully) in the next version of S60.

I’m certainly pumped, but I have one question: What happened to 9.4?

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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.

  • Bernardo

    “4″ is avoided because it’s a bad luck number in China, IIRC. No, I am not kidding you.