Symbian Foundation’s blog has recently announced that a team at ST-Ericsson and ARM have managed to make Symbian running on a highly capable SMP (Symmetric Multiprocessing) configuration. In other words, Symbian can sing along on dual-core CPUs! The test environment consists of an ST-Ericsson U8500 smartphone platform embedding the first silicon implementation of ARM Cortex-A9…
Video: Students paying over $50,000 a year to go to Duke University create application which solves a problem a $10 keyboard can fix
When I saw this video on Engadget, I simply had to take a step back away from the keyboard, go to the bathroom, look at myself in the mirror and punch myself in the face. You’re looking at PhonePoint Pen, an application written by Sandip Agrawal, Ionut Constandache, Shravan Gaonkar and Romit Roy Choudhury at…
Symbian Foundation’s developers site now in public beta
Symbian Foundation has recently opened its developer’s website to the wider audience. Previously, the site was running in an invite-only beta stage, but now everyone can access it. According to the post on Symbian Foundation’s blog, the site is far from finished, but they believe it’s ready to enter a public beta state. The first…
Nokia N86 8MP support pages are live now!
After the N97 has been launched, it’s time Nokia focuses on its first 8 megapixel camera-equipped baby – N86 8MP. We’ve seen the device being announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and even saw it passing the FCC hurdle, meaning that the launch is closer than we think. Support pages are live, too,…
Nokia E75, E90 Communicator updated
Nokia has updated two of its QWERTY keyboard-equipped smartphones – the E75 and E90 Communicator. We’ve no official change logs, but we do know the usual thing – once the firmware is upgraded, devices are faster and more stable, some apps are updated, new features are on board, and so on. For the E75, we…
Nokia N97 NAM goes live in the US!
Fans of Nokia’s Nseries smartphones are probably throwing their hands up in celebration right about now. Why? Because the North American version (NAM) of the Nokia N97 is now available in the US! Following on Nokia’s announcement that the Nokia N97 would launch in 75 countries this month, the Finnish mobile phone giant has gone…
Symbian Foundation leadership bolstered with two new hires
Symbian Foundation announced that their leadership team is now stronger for two new members, Larry Berkin and Dietmar Tallroth, which joined the Foundation as Head of Alliance Management and General Counsel, respectively. Both Larry and and Dietmer are seasoned executives: Mr. Berkin was former vice president of Mobile Ecosystem & Corporate Business Development at ACCESS,…
Nokia 5630 XpressMusic now available
Nokia’s fancy looking 5630 XpressMusic mid-ranger has been quietly launched by the Finnish giant. AllAboutSymbian noticed that the device is already on sale on Nokia’s website for Finland, Germany and Italy. The price is around 250 EUR (239.90 EUR in Italy and 255 EUR in Finland), while the offer for Germany is bit more expensive…
Finnish Sesca joins the Symbian Foundation
Symbian Foundation got a new member recently. It’s the Finland-based multi-industry automation and ICT system provider – Sesca, which aims to increase its its Symbian-related consultation and project business, especially on international markets. Commenting on the announcement, Sesca Group’s Harri Halminen said: “Joining the Symbian Foundation is a significant step in Sesca growth strategy for…
Mid-range Samsung B5100 Symbian S60 smartphone spotted in the wild
Samsung is preparing to unveil a new device. It’s a candybar-shaped Symbian S60-based smartphone that will be called C5100. From what we’ve heard, it’s a mid-range handset sporting such things as QVGA screen, HSDPA connectivity, WiFi, GPS, 3 megapixel camera with flash, Bluetooth, and we guess a microSD memory card slot. All this is neatly…