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Konkurrenz für die Internet-Allianz

Die Allianz zwischen Microsoft und IBM sowie 46 weiteren Unternehmen bekommt nach einem Zeitungsbericht Konkurrenz. Nach Informationen der Berliner Zeitung planen europäische und asiatische Telekommunikationsgeräte- und Computerhersteller einen vergleichbaren Zusammenschluss. Die neue Allianz solle in den kommenden Wochen offiziell starten und einen Transfer aller Internet-Daten auch auf Handys sicherstellen.

Dem geplanten Zusammenschluss werden möglicherweise die Gerätebauer Nokia, Ericsson und Siemens sowie Sun Microsystems angehören, der als größter Konkurrent von Microsoft im Internet gilt. Auch Hersteller, die Handys und Taschencomputer mit dem Betriebssystem Symbian ausstatteten, seien im Gespräch, schreibt die Zeitung weiter. Dazu gehören die japanischen Konzerne Sony, Nec, Matsushita-Panasonic, der US-Handybauer Motorola und Philips. (dpa) / (mw/c`t)

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Symbian bekommt frisches Geld von seinen Aktionären
29.01.2002 16:36:00


Symbian ist ein englisches Unternehmen, das Betriebssysteme für mobile Endgeräte entwickelt. Aktionäre des Unternehmens sind Nokia, Psion, Matsushita, Motorola und SonyEricsson.
Wie das Unternehmen heute bekannt gab, haben die Aktionäre entsprechend ihren Anteilen eine weitere Finanzierungsrunde in Höhe von 20,75 Mio. Pfund durchgeführt. Damit soll die aktuelle Phase der Unternehmensgeschichte finanziert werden.

Zu den Kunden von Symbian gehören Ericsson, Matsushita (Panasonic), Motorola, Nokia, Psion, Kenwood, Sanyo, Siemens und Sony.

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STOCKWATCH Psion advances as HSBC raises stance

Shares in Psion PLC were advancing in early deals after HSBC upgraded its stance on the wireless communications developer in reaction to its recent fundraising for its Symbian venture, dealers said.

HSBC moved its stance to `buy` from a former `reduce` after last month`s announcement that the Symbian mobile software consortium secured £20.75 million in funding from stakeholders on a pro-rata basis.

The broker had been concerned that, out of Symbian`s shareholders, only Nokia was being vocally supportive of Symbian. This had been a key factor in HSBC`s adoption of a `reduce` stance last September.

Some of these concerns about Symbian have since been alleviated, the broker said in a morning note to clients.

Nokia announced a new Symbian smartphone in November, the Nokia 7650, and said it was making the handset`s software available to other vendors.

Matsushita - another Symbian shareholder - has announced that it is trialling the software, which HSBC saw as negating the Japanese electronics giant`s unenthusiastic comments about Symbian a few months earlier.

But uncertainties over the politics of the mobile operating system environment mean HSBC sees it impossible to determine Symbian`s long-term profit prospects.

Psion`s shares therefore tend to move in line with Symbian newsflow and sector sentiment rather than around a fundamental valuation, the broker believes.

This means the upcoming industry events - the 3GSM Congress, CEBIT and Symbian`s Developer Expo - may lead to a series of positive newsflow from Symbian and its licensees, which should give the shares a sustained boost, the broker advised.

And while the broker has not completely shaken off concerns that Symbian may never be allowed to make huge profits, HSBC sees little point dwelling on these if we are about to see a wave of positive noise about Symbian from the mobile industry.

The story is getting better rather than worse, and the shares could well breach 100 pence again in the coming months, it advised.

At 9.33 am, shares in Psion were up 1/2 pence to 77.

© AFX News

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Symbian OS v7.0 puts the smart in smartphone

Symbian OS is the advanced, open, standard operating system for mobile phones. It combines the power of an integrated applications environment with mobile telephony, making it the operating system of choice for all major mobile phone manufacturers.

standards - Symbian OS is the operating system of choice for 2.5 and 3G mobile phones with its support for open standards, including IPv6, Bluetooth, SyncML and WAP
messaging - peer-to-peer multimedia messaging is a key revenue generator for 2.5 and 3G networks. Symbian OS includes comprehensive support for SMS, EMS, MMS, email and fax
applications - Symbian OS enables deployment of applications and services from mobile phones. Symbian OS supports C++, Java, plus a range of content languages
robustness - Symbian OS guarantees instant access to user data. It ensures the integrity of data and is specially designed for the constraints of limited memory, storage and battery life
telephony - Symbian OS integrates the power of computing with mobile telephony, bringing advanced data services - voice, messaging and browsing - to the mass market.
Symbian OS provides a flexible user interface (UI) framework that makes it possible for mobile phone manufacturers and third parties to produce innovative user interfaces for various types of mobile phones, such as:

mobile phones with a numeric keypad require a flexible UI which is easy to navigate with a joystick, soft keys, or jogdial. Recently Nokia announced the Series 60 Platform, which runs on Symbian OS and supports native Symbian OS applications and Java applications
mobile phones with touch screens are ideal for viewing content, like multimedia messages, and browsing content
mobile phones with full QWERTY keyboards and large color screens provide an advanced mobile package for users needing to edit information and review business data while out of the office.
Symbian OS v7.0
technical specifications
Messaging
SMS
SMS cell broadcast
Concatenated SMS
Smart Messaging
- vCard and vCalendar
- OTA system configuration
EMS (3GPP R4)
MMS (3GPP R4)
- SMIL v2.0 support
- choice of WSP and HTTP as transport
Email (POP3, IMAP4, MIME, SMTP)
Fax (classes 1, 2, and 2.0)

WAP browsing
WML v1.2.1 (inc. WSP, WTP, WTLS,
& WDP)
WMLScript
WAP push

Web browsing
HTML 4.01, HTTP 1.1
HTTPS support over SSL 3.0, TLS 1.0
CSS 1, CSS 2
XML 1.0 and XHTML 1.0
ECMAScript (JavaScript environment)
Java applets

Telephony
multimode ETel
GSM Phase 2+
SIM Application Toolkit, class 3
HSCSD
GPRS, class B (R97/98)
EDGE (EGPRS, ECSD)
CDMA (IS95)
cdma2000 1x (Release A)
application framework
advanced GUI framework
Contacts (inc. vCard)
Agenda (inc. vCalendar)
Many other applications (inc. Jotter, To-
do, Time, Calculator, Audio Recorder)
Multimedia
audio rendering (all common formats)
image rendering (all common formats
and Smart Messaging images)
streaming audio
direct screen access
hardware acceleration
plug-in framework

Connectivity
SyncML v1.0 (Agenda and Contacts)
SyncML plug-in framework
PC Connectivity
- agenda, contacts, and email sync
- file conversion and transfer

Communication infrastructure
Dual v4, v6 TCP/IP stack
IPSec
TCP/IP plug-in framework
WAP stack

Personal Area Networking
Bluetooth v1.1
IrDA
USB (slave)
RS232

Security
cryptographic module
certificate management
Secure Software Install
WIM (x509 and WTLS certificates)
SSL/TLS/WTLS (secure web connections)
IPSec (for VPN)

Software development
PersonalJava v3.01
JavaPhone v1.0
J2ME MIDP v1.0.2
C++
PC emulation environment
in-target debugging (GNU)



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