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Smartphones: Symbian sinks under 50% share, Apple races past Windows Mobile
Smartphones: Symbian sinks under 50% share, Apple races past Windows Mobile
A few months back, we looked at the worldwide smartphone market numbers and watched RIM jump past Windows Mobile. Mac OS X handset sales, i.e.: the iPhone, more than doubled year-over-year and perennial market leader Symbian was in danger of dipping below the 50% line. Fast forward to today ...
Fennec (Mobile Firefox) for Symbian
christiansejersen.com — Today we (Mozilla) are focusing our efforts in mobile on Linux and Windows Mobile devices. In Q3 2008 Symbian had 49.8% of the total smartphone sales (and 57% in Q2) according to Gartner compared to 11.1% for Windows Mobile and 7.2% for Linux. There ... (more) Fennec (Mobile Firefox) for Symbian
Nokia N85 NAM Now Shipping | Symbian
Nokia N85 NAM Now Shipping | Symbian
symbian-guru.com — We alerted you to the pre-order options from both Amazon.com and Nokiausa.com a while back for the North American version of the N85, which features tri-band 3G (850/1900/2100MHz). At that time, we were unsure of a shipping date for this awesome ... (more) Nokia N85 NAM Now Shipping | Symbian
  Mobile Firefox for Symbian in the works, planned completion in 2009
Mobile Firefox for Symbian in the works, planned completion in 2009
unwiredview.com — How long do you think you’ll have to wait until you finally see a version of Mobile Firefox (or Fennec) running on your beloved Symbian device? 1 month? 1 year? Nope, the Mobile Firefox team is already working on it with Engineers from Symbian, and ... (more) Mobile Firefox for Symbian in the works, planned ...
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