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Stowaway Universal Bluetooth Keyboard

Reviews Users of Bluetooth-equipped handhelds and smartphones will love this well-designed folding keyboard, although Palm OS fans will have to wait for drivers.

Tuesday, September 21 2004 05:08 PM

Skulls on cell phones don't scare Symbian

News Skulls, a suspected Trojan which disables some phones running the Symbian OS, might not be malware at all, according to the software vendor.

Tuesday, November 23 2004 09:53 AM

Tags: Cellular phones, Security, Symbian

Symbian confident of Nokia's support

News Sony Ericsson, Motorola and Symbian claim their relationships with Nokia remain unchanged, despite analyst suggestions to the contrary.

Thursday, January 31 2008 10:48 AM

Tags: Symbian

Opera joins Symbian Foundation

News Browser developer joins the Nokia-led consortium, set up in June to turn the mobile operating system into an open source platform. It also teams up with Nvidia.

Wednesday, September 10 2008 05:08 AM

Tags: Symbian, Mobile/Wireless, Open source, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, Mobile, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Symbian Inc., processor, Nokia Corp., Opera Software

First Symbian Foundation handsets due in 2010

News The move by Nokia and allies to spur the development of mobile Web applications is seen as a major strike against Google and its nascent Android platform.

Tuesday, June 24 2008 11:35 PM

Tags: Symbian, Linux, Open source, Cellular phones, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, Mobile, Google Inc., Symbian Inc., handset company, Wall Street Journal

Sony Ericsson: Xperia not tied to Windows Mobile

News The manufacturer hints that non-Windows Mobile handsets may in future appear under the Xperia brand, but says it is satisfied with Windows Mobile for now.

Thursday, September 18 2008 09:32 AM

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Mobile platforms, Smart phones, Battery, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, Mobile, Google Inc., Microsoft Windows Mobile, Touch Screen, phone

'Curse of silence' smartphone flaw disclosed

News A German security researcher has demonstrated a denial-of-service attack that could affect Symbian-based smartphones made by Nokia and others.

Sunday, January 04 2009 02:21 AM

Tags: PDA phones, Viruses and worms, Security, Smart Phone, F-Secure Corp., Telecommunications, Vulnerability, Attack, Spokesperson, Flaw

First open source Symbian software released

News With release of OS Security Package code, the Symbian Foundation takes first step to eventually open source its entire mobile operating system.

Friday, July 10 2009 07:31 AM

Tags: Linux, Protocols and platforms, Applications and tools, Business applications, Operating systems, Symbian, Legal, Mobile, Open-source Software, operating system

Motorola grabs half of UIQ from Sony Ericsson

News Motorola has bought half of mobile software company UIQ from rival handset maker Sony Ericsson for an undisclosed sum.

Tuesday, October 16 2007 07:20 PM

Tags: Mobile applications

Sony Ericsson takes control of smartphone interface

News Swedish handset maker to buy the Symbian user interface company that its parent company set up years ago.

Wednesday, November 08 2006 11:18 AM

Tags: Smart phones, Symbian

Motorola ditches Symbian, announces 3,000 layoffs

News In future Motorola plans to concentrate only on the Android, Windows Mobile and P2K platforms for handsets, a spokesperson confirms.

Tuesday, November 04 2008 09:07 AM

Tags: Symbian, Layoffs, Open source, Mobile, Motorola Inc., Spokesperson, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Symbian Inc., layoff, financial

Newer, safer mobile phones

Blogs You may not have noticed it, but the newer mobile phones have enhanced security features to guard against malware, virus...

Monday, February 26 2007 01:23 PM

Symbian Foundation gets nine new members

News The Nokia-led mobile open source consortium welcomes a slew of new members, including 3 and Marvell.

Friday, July 11 2008 07:55 AM

Tags: Symbian, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, Mobile, Mobile Internet, QoS, Symbian Inc., IBM xSeries, software, Marvell, Internet

ARM joins Symbian Foundation, releases tools

News The processor firm has signed up alongside other new entrants including Huawei and Visa. Meanwhile, both Symbian and ARM have released new developer tools.

Thursday, October 23 2008 10:33 AM

Tags: Symbian, Mobile platforms, Open source, Mobile processors, ARM, Mobile, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Tool, Symbian Inc., performance