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The mobile world has never been so exciting, and Symbian's never been more excited. After a decade of market-leading OS development and more than 200 million phones shipped around the world, Symbian is changing.
The Symbian Foundation, announced in June 2008, will bring about the biggest evolutionary leap in Symbian OS since its creation -- consolidating S60, UIQ, MOAP(S) and ultimately making the platform open source.
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www.symbianfoundation.org for more information.
What's inside Symbian OS
Location-based services
Location Based Services are often equated with the phrase 'the new camera' referring to the fact that, in the same way most mobile phones now feature cameras, most mobile phones will soon support GPS. This will allow the user to take advantage of a number of different location based positioning services.
Find out more FreeWay
FreeWay is the new and unrivalled IP networking architecture in Symbian OS, providing broadband speeds in your pocket. On mobile broadband networks, FreeWay delivers the capability for super fast download speeds, high quality audio/video streaming and crystal-clear VoIP calls.
Find out more ScreenPlay
ScreenPlay is the new graphics architecture in Symbian OS. Designed to power the richest visual experience available on a mobile phone to date, it gives users big screen effects in their pockets while ensuring long battery life.
Find out more Symmetric Multi-Processing (SMP)
Today's phones are becoming increasingly complex; running process heavy applications such as GPS and digital TV, which require more efficient processing to achieve optimum performance without compromising battery life.
Find out more Demand Paging
Symbian delivers Demand Paging support in Symbian OS versions 9.3, 9.4 and 9.5. Demand Paging enables more efficient usage of RAM by loading read-only code and data only when required (on demand).
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