Nokia says its Linux-based Maemo operating system is the future of its high-end smartphones, ending hope for Symbian OS to reign supreme. The change emphasizes how far behind the world’s largest ...

Will the last one to leave please turn out the valot? This week, Finnish smartphone creator Nokia announced that it had shipped its final handset running the Symbian operating system. As the last ...

The Symbian mobile operating system is getting a second life as the Symbian Foundation makes the smartphone platform open source. The lifeline will revitalize the platform, and has benefits for Nokia, ...

Samsung's i8910 Omnia HD smartphone runs the Symbian OS The Symbian OS is found on almost half the smarphones in the world and it is now all in the open source realm. That doesn't mean you are going ...

CodeWarrior Development Studio is one of the most respected development environments in the wireless space. The software's stability and feature set allow C++ developers to easily write applications ...

When Nigel Clifford took over as chief executive of the London-based cell-phone software company Symbian this month, he walked into a daunting role: Microsoft slayer. Symbian makes operating systems ...

Samsung Electronics said Monday that it's licensed the Symbian operating system for use in future wireless devices including "smart phones." The licensing agreement gives Symbian more momentum in its ...

Symbian is hoping to encourage developers to offer interesting desktop applications on mobile phones by making it easier for them to certain port desktop applications to the Symbian operating system.

Nokia launched an updated version of its Symbian^3 mobile operating system on Tuesday, along with two phones running the software, the X7 and the E6. The launches are a sign that Nokia hasn’t ...

A new possible Trojan horse making the rounds forces some cell phones based on the Symbian operating system to generate pricey text messages. The software resides in an illegal version of the cell ...

As if “openness” wasn’t already the key word of the year for mobile communications, Nokia took the concept a step further today, announcing plans to create an organization called the Symbian ...

Symbian has completed the process of open sourcing its entire code base, in advance of its June deadline. While the release is ahead of schedule, the first phones -- expected to be out early next year ...