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100 Million S60 Devices Shipped

27 Apr, 2007, 12:55 pm IST | by Sharon Khare | Smartphones

Nokia has announced that over 100 million S60 devices have cumulatively been shipped by to date. S60 software built on Symbian OS is smartphone software, developed by Nokia and licensed by some of the industry's top mobile device manufacturers.
 
"This announcement represents a significant landmark for S60. We believe it inspires further innovation on S60. The open platform gives mobile users more choice and provides a platform upon which new applications and services can be built", said Matti Vänskä, Vice President, Mobile Software Sales and Marketing, Nokia.
 
S60 has made application development easier with the S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2. The introduction of Open C brings the standard C function libraries to S60 software, supporting increased productivity and improved time-to-market of applications. With Open C, developers can reuse existing code and focus on the mobility aspects of their applications.

As announced last week, S60 will the first mobile software platform with integrated widget support, bringing the power of Web technologies to the mobile. Widgets enrich the mobile experience as they create a personal Web experience for a personal device. S60 makes it easy to create and bring Web services to S60 devices using standards-based Web technologies, such as Ajax, JavaScript, CSS and HTML.

Tags: Nokia , Symbian OS , S60

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