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