Well over my blogging for the past six months i have noticed that people hardly know what operating system is running on their cell phones. They do know that computers run on windows or mac or linux for a handful but they are completely unaware of what their mobile is running on.That was the whole [...]

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The news is out Nokia buys Symbian ( the remaining shares ) in a move to establish the SymbianFoundation
Symbian just turned 10 years old this week ..  so the Finnish phone maker decided to buyout the SmartPhone OS maker
Well this is a smart move to compete with Apple iPhone and Google Android which are having [...]

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The Q1 of 2008 was pretty happening for Symbian. The company saw 18.5 million handsets being shipped in Q1 with Symbian OS. There has been increase in the number of Symbian phone shipments by almost 17%.

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Everybody is aware of the cutthroat competition between Google and Microsoft. I was surprised to read when yesterday Google announced that they have come up with the Google Gears application for Windows Mobile powered handset.

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Sometime back Microsoft’s marketing director said that though Nokia is kinda of Symbian brand loyal they are in the process of discussion where they are pursuing Nokia to go with Windows mobile. Nokia didn’t react to this news when it was flashed by ITWire, I think now a days Nokia doesn’t react much to what [...]

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Sony Ericsson P1 is a revolutionary phone which tries to redefine the definition of a Business Class phone.
The P1 is a notworthy competitor for the Nokia E90 Communicator and Nokia N95 
Also the P1 will replace the P990 in the production line we suspect
Highlights

25% reduction in size compared to P990i
Support for most mobile email protocols
3G, Wi-fi, [...]

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Samsung announced the Symbian S60 phone - SGH i400 at Madrid,Spain. The phone is Samsung’s 2nd Symbian phone after the i520.
Features 

2 MegaPixel Camera
Large 2.3 inch 256K Colors QVGA Display
Slider Form factor
microSD Memory Expansion - upto 4 GB
Stereo Bluetooth
Weight of 92 grams
GSM/GPRS /EDGE Network Support
Dual Stereo Speaker

The i400 will be launched in Russia somewhere in July 2007 [...]

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Great news for Mobile Developers in and around chennai.
Nokia is starting of its Open C Events in the Country.
If you are wondering what Open C is about but are interested to find out, then head to the venue.
Venue
Le Royal Meridien
1 GST Road,
St. Thomas Mount,
Chennai - 600 016,
Tamil Nadu,
India.
Date 24th [...]

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Symbian committed to long-term investment in China
Beijing, China - January 16 2007 - At an official ceremony in Beijing, Symbian Limited today announced an office opening in China to support the growing business development and market operations of its licensees and ecosystem partners in the region. Symbian develops and licenses Symbian OS™, the market-leading open [...]

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Shozhu

Shozu is a free app to upload photos and videos from your mobile phone.
Its supports Flickr, Wordpress, Blogger,Youtube , TypePad and a variety of services.
It also offers Contact backups
Its assisted by timely SMS alerts when the transfers fail or when you move out on roaming.
Gmail Mobile

Google’s J2ME client for its free Gmail service is one [...]

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