Posts Tagged ‘Symbian’

Nokia Releases Free Microsoft Office for Symbian

April 10th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Symbian | No Comments »

Back in 2009, Nokia announced that it, together with Microsoft, would start the development of Microsoft Office for Symbian Devices. Following up on the EOL status for Symbian, Nokia finally released Microsoft Office for the OS.

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Nokia Starts Windows Phone Training for Symbian Developers

June 7th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Symbian, Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Nokia’s Czech department has started to invite Symbian developers to the Microsoft offices. There, the companies will help developers in their transition from Symbian development to Windows Phone.

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Symbian open for Business

April 7th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Symbian | No Comments »

While Nokia invested a lot in letting Symbian go open source under the Symbian Foundation, it seems the giant has changed it’s plans now it bought Symbian back. From now on, clients have to pay again.

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Three Updates for Symbian in 2011

March 10th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Symbian, Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Though Nokia has been reported to be sacking part of it’s Symbian developers, the vendor announced that it still expects to roll out three updates for the Symbian platform in 2011.

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Nokia: No QT on Windows Phone 7

February 11th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: QT | No Comments »

Though Nokia always said QT is their way to bridge development on their mobile platforms, Nokia now confirms the deal with Microsoft will not involve that bit of technology.

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GfK: iPhone Users Most Loyal

November 30th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

According to a study from GfK, 60% of iPhone owners plan to stick with their device for renewal. This makes iPhone consumers the most loyal ones. Possible reasons are app-investment as well as fanboyship.

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AppCon: The Future of Apps with Nokia and QT

November 10th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: MeeGo, Platforms: QT, Platforms: Symbian | No Comments »

Andreas Jekl explained the OS strategy of Nokia. While many expect Series 40 to be replaced with Symbian, Nokia will remain building S40 devices for the low-end markets.

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SEE: Nokia Takes Back Symbian

November 9th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, Platforms: Symbian | No Comments »

The rumors are true, the Symbian Foundation is winding down, but symbian itself won’t. In fact, Nokia has announced it will be taking Symbian back in-house, not long after the EU funded it.

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Symbian Receives €22 Million Investment

November 1st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Symbian | No Comments »

While we recently reported that cash reserves at Symbian had been drying up, the foundation now announced new funding coming straight from the good old European Commission.

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CTIA: Smaato Announces Symbian SDK

October 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Ad Funded Gaming, Platforms: Symbian | No Comments »

Mobile advertising company Smaato has announced that it will make available a special advertising SDK for the Symbian platform called the Smaato Open Mobile Advertising SDK.