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S60 device portfolio is expanding with Samsung L870
S60 Summit, Barcelona, Spain - The two-day S60 Summit was opened
today in Barcelona. The event highlights the largest contingent of
mobile application developers in the event's history including more
than 60 exhibits featuring location, enterprise, social media and
productivity solutions as well as the latest devices. This annual
event is open to all members of the S60 ecosystem, such as S60 device
manufacturers, operators, service providers, hardware technology
providers, software developers, analysts, scientists and academics
from all continents.
"S60 Summit offers the S60 stakeholders an opportunity to share and
discuss the S60 future trends and business opportunities," said Matti
Vänskä, Vice President, Mobile Software Sales and Marketing, Nokia.
"Today the collaboration with one of the key stakeholders, Samsung,
is strengthened with the launch of the business style L870. This
announcement increases the total count of announced S60 devices to
79," he continues.
S60 supports a wide selection of device segments from S60 device
manufacturers. In the S60 Summit, Samsung presented their latest
stylish S60 mobile, Samsung L870. Leveraging the capabilities of S60
platform, the device brings full connectivity and business
application offering to the hands of the business professionals.
"We are happy to compliment our product portfolio with yet another
appealing S60 mobile, Samsung L870 that is fully customized with
style, performance and user interface," says, Jongin Kim, Vice
President of Mobile Communication Division of Samsung Electronics.
"With S60, we can successfully deliver the latest mobile technology
with fully customizable applications and intuitive user interfaces."
In this event, S60 further demonstrated the extended capabilities
announced in April at Web 2.0 in San Francisco. The evolution of S60
Web Run-Time offering allows creation of personal and context aware
widgets with access to information and functionalities from the
user's mobile device. This enables the development of exciting new
services and mash-ups by combining the power of the Web with the
power of the S60 platform. S60 is also expanding its support for open
source innovation through Open C++, bringing support for Standard
Template Library and other popular platform-independent C++ libraries
to the S60 platform. The implementation of these technologies was
demonstrated by several companies at the S60 Summit expo.
Today, S60 also announced the opening of the Ambassador website. The
S60 Ambassador program encourages and engages the early adopters
consumer segment in discussion and sharing information on S60-based
products, services and applications. Visit and register at the
Ambassador website at www.ambassadors.s60.com
For more information on S60 Summit, visit www.S60.com/S60Summit08
About S60
S60 software built on Symbian OS is the world's leading smartphone
software, and is licensed by some of the industry's foremost mobile
device manufacturers. More than 150 million S60 devices had been
shipped by all licensees by January 2008. The flexibility of the S60
software allows for various hardware designs and software
configurations, as evidenced by the multitude of S60 devices already
available on the market. Through its award-winning user interface,
extensive support for new mobile services and the innovation
potential for partner solutions, the S60 provides an open and
scalable business opportunity for mobile operators and 3rd party
developers. For further information and news about the S60 and the
S60 community, please visit www.s60.com.
About Nokia
Nokia is the world leader in mobility, driving the transformation and
growth of the converging Internet and communications industries. We
make a wide range of mobile devices with services and software that
enable people to experience music, navigation, video, television,
imaging, games, business mobility and more. Developing and growing
our offering of consumer Internet services, as well as our enterprise
solutions and software, is a key area of focus. We also provide
equipment, solutions and services for communications networks through
Nokia Siemens Networks.
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www.nokia.com
www.s60.com
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