INTEL AND SYMBIAN COMBINE EFFORTS TO EXPAND
CAPABILITIES OF WIRELESS
COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES
SANTA CLARA, Calif., and LONDON, Aug. 21, 2001 - Intel Corporation and
Symbian today announced that the two companies will work together to
accelerate software application development for wireless devices based on
the Intel® Personal Internet Client Architecture (Intel PCA) and Symbian OS,
Symbian's operating system for data-enabled mobile phones.
Symbian also announced its support for Intel PCA, Intel's open design for
building wireless handheld communications devices and software applications
that combine voice communications and Internet access. The two companies are
working together to port Symbian OS to the application processing engines
for Intel PCA - extending Symbian's support for the Intel® StrongARM*
processor to future processors based on Intel XScale(tm) microarchitecture.
To support third party developers, the two companies will develop design
guides for working with Symbian OS and Intel PCA, offer Symbian's operating
system tools with Intel PCA software developer kits and host education and
technical sessions at each other's technical development conferences: the
Intel Developer Forum and the Symbian Developer Expo.
"Symbian is working closely with leading industry players like Intel to
create a mass market for data-enabled mobile phones," said Mark Edwards,
executive vice
president, Symbian. "The key to success in this market is the provision of
applications and services that give additional value to mobile phone users.
Our initiative with Intel PCA allows us to extend Symbian's offerings to a
wide developer base, bringing a focus to their efforts in building solutions
for wireless devices."
"Adding Symbian to the growing roster of companies supporting Intel PCA is
a
key milestone for us, as we work with the industry to help bring true data
applications capability to mobile devices," said Ron Smith, senior vice
president and general manager of Intel's Wireless Communications and
Computing Group. "Intel is pleased to work with Symbian to provide
developers leading-edge development platforms for innovative wireless
solutions."
About Symbian
Symbian supplies an operating system to the world's leading mobile
phone manufacturers enabling them to create mobile phones which combine
voice
communications, wireless Internet access and computing functionality.
Ericsson, Nokia and Psion are already shipping Symbian OS based devices.
Other companies
developing next generation mobile devices on the Symbian OS include Kenwood,
Motorola, Panasonic, Sanyo, Sony and Siemens. Symbian's website can be found
at
www.symbian.com. Symbian Developer Expo
2001 will be held in Barcelona,
Spain on November 6-7. For more information go to
http://www.symbian.com/devexpo2001/.
About Intel
Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is also a leading
manufacturer of computer, networking and communications products. Additional
information about Intel is available at www.intel.com/pressroom.
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* Third party marks and brands are property of their respective holders.
Intel and XScale are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in
the United States and other countries.
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