| There have been major advancements in the mobile | | | | Symbian software has made an attempt to integrate |
| operating system. What we see today is the | | | | the advanced applications environment with the mobile |
| advanced technology based smart phones. Thanks to | | | | telephonic system to provide the highly sophisticated |
| the development of Symbian software that has | | | | data services to the common man. |
| brought about a revolution all across the globe. | | | | Symbian OS v9.5 is the latest version of Symbian that |
| Symbian software enables the average user not just | | | | offers approximately 70 new set of features for |
| to talk over the phone but to do much more than that. | | | | greater performance level. It has made possible to |
| To be precise, it allows the user to surf the Internet | | | | provide highly powerful smart phones at the cost of |
| over the phone itself, play online games, listen to their | | | | mass market. The recent mobile phone series is |
| favorite numbers and last but not least click beautiful | | | | known for its scalability in the global market. Popular |
| pictures. A couple of years ago, nobody could have | | | | Symbian mobile phone series are Nokia Series 60, |
| ever thought that all these functions would be possible | | | | Nokia Series 60v2, Nokia Series 80, Siemens 60 UI, |
| through a compact phone. Symbian software is an | | | | and Sony-Ericsson P800-900. Symbian software runs |
| addition to the usual operating software systems such | | | | on the ARM processor that allows the user to access |
| as Windows Mobile, Java (J2ME) and Embedded | | | | any kind of information. |
| Linux. | | | | S60 is presently one of the leading mobile phone |
| Symbian software has raised the bar and set stringent | | | | platforms worlds over. The credit for its development |
| quality standards. It is of great use in sending the | | | | goes to Nokia. Nokia has given the licensing to other |
| Multimedia SMS. Most of the phone providers have | | | | manufacturers as well including Samsung, LG |
| resorted to the Symbian software system. To name a | | | | Electronics, Lenovo, and Panasonic. The display |
| few leading companies that have made an extensive | | | | resolution of the S60 mobile phone device is 176x208. |
| use of Symbian software are Nokia, Samsung and | | | | S60 enjoys a competitive advantage due to the fact |
| Sony Ericsson. The basic idea is to make the phone | | | | that it supports multiple resolutions such as Basic |
| more functional. Symbian operating system has | | | | (176x208), QVGA (240x320) and Double (352x416). |
| received license from the top phone manufacturers of | | | | Nokia N90 is the original device with a very high |
| the world. It is designed keeping in mind the | | | | resolution. |
| requirements of the high tech 3G mobile phones. | | | | |