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November 2002 -
Sendo,
a British mobile phone manufacturer, announced that
the company has decided to license Series 60 Platform
from Nokia for its smart phone category. The Series
60 is a software platform for feature- and application
rich smart phones that Nokia licenses to mobile handset
manufacturers. The platform is optimised to run on top
of the Symbian OS. Sendo joins as the newest member
to the Series 60 licensing community with Matsushita,
Samsung, Siemens and Nokia.
"Earlier
this fall we reviewed our smart phone strategy. While
our mission of providing customers with feature-rich
and ubiquitous devices remains unaltered, seeing that
the Series 60 fully embraces both our mission and the
new strategy we decided to approach Nokia," said Hugh
Brogan, Chief Executive Officer of Sendo Holdings Plc.
"The platform utilises open standards and technologies,
such as MMS and Java(TM), jointly developed by the industry.
The platform is robust, yet uniquely flexible, bringing
great benefits to licensees, operators, developers and
consumers."
"We
welcome Sendo, a pioneer in smart phone development,
to join our Series 60 community. We see that a combination
of Sendo's technical expertise and growing market presence
will bring significant contribution to the mobile market
with Series 60 devices. Interoperable solutions that
are built on open and common industry standards are
proving to be the winning formula in meeting demands
of business users and consumers alike," said Niklas
Savander, Vice President and General Manager, Nokia
Mobile Software.
Nokia
licenses Series 60 Platform as a source code. The model
enables licensees to contribute to the development of
the platform while fully executing their individual
business strategy, brand and customer requirements in
fast developing and highly competitive mobile communications
market. Licensees will be able to include the Series
60 into their own smart phone designs, thus speeding
up the rollout of new phone models at lower costs.
The
Series 60 is a comprehensive software platform for smart
phones, created for mobile phone users that demand easy-to-use,
one-hand operated handsets with high-quality colour
screens, rich communications and enhanced applications.
The Series 60 platform consists of the key telephony
and personal information management applications, the
browser and messaging clients, as well as a complete
and modifiable user interface, all designed to run on
top of the Symbian OS, an operating system for advanced,
data enabled mobile phones.
SOURCE
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