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Nokia acquires Symbian Limited (Finland)

  • December 3rd, 2008
  • 8:50 am

Nokia Corp has announced that it has completed its offer to acquire Symbian Limited. All conditions to Nokia’s offer to acquire Symbian Limited have been satisfied and it has received valid acceptance of greater than 99.9% of the total Symbian shares that Nokia did not already own. Symbian is the software company that develops and licenses Symbian OS, the market-leading open operating system for mobile devices.
The closing of the offer is a fundamental step in the establishment of the Symbian Foundation, announced on June 24, 2008 by Nokia, together with AT&T, LG Electronics, Motorola, NTT DoCoMo, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, ST-NXP Wireless, Texas Instruments and Vodafone. All Symbian employees are planned to become Nokia employees on February 1, 2009.

About Nokia

Nokia is the world leader in mobility, driving the transformation and growth of the converging Internet and communications industries. We make a wide range of mobile devices with services and software that enable people to experience music, navigation, video, television, imaging, games, business mobility and more. Developing and growing our offering of consumer Internet services, as well as our enterprise solutions and software, is a key area of focus. We also provide equipment, solutions and services for communications networks through Nokia Siemens Networks.
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Samsung let’s you INNOV8 with it’s new entertainment mobile (South Korea)

  • July 25th, 2008
  • 12:52 pm

Samsung Electronics in collaboration with Symbian Limited has unveiled the Samsung INNOV8, i8510, an entertainment mobile. This phone is equipped with high-end features and multimedia including an 8 megapixel camera, internet browsing, audio playing, and ergonomics.This is Samsung’s eighth mobile phone based on Symbian OS. INNOV8 is based on Symbian OS v9.with  power efficiency, platform security and phone performance.

INNOV8 brings users a ‘cinema in your pocket’ experience through access to asuite of applications from the S60 applications library, they can watch videos, including DivX files, view pictures and play two exclusively free embedded 3D games on the 2.8” LCD display. With HSDPA connectivity at 7.2Mbps and seamless connection through Wi-Fi, Samsung INNOV8’s optical mouse and easy navigation enables users’ quick internet browsing, alongside GPS and geo-tagging. The smartphone can receive push e-mail and is Bluetooth-capable. The 2.8-inch LC screen has an accelerometer sensor.