17 October 2006

LG Electronics unveils HSDPA
Symbian Smartphone

Symbian today welcomed the introduction of JoY, an HSDPA Symbian smartphone by Symbian OS™ licensee LG Electronics, a leading global provider of mobile phones. JoY is expected to be available in Q1 2007.

JoY is an attractive slider smartphone based on Symbian OS v9 and S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1. With a 2,4" LCD screen, HSDPA radio and full xHTML browser, JoY makes it fast and easy for fun seekers to browse the Internet and download content and applications.

Andy Brannan, executive vice-president, sales and customer operations, Symbian, said:

"JoY combines the stunning appearance of LG Electronics' latest handsets with Symbian's intelligent and robust operating system, compatible with thousands of commercially available applications, making it a smartphone that appeals to a wide audience. We welcome LG Electronics' Symbian smartphone and look forward to more products from them in the future."

Jorgen Behrens, executive vice-president, marketing, Symbian, said:

"The marriage of LG Electronics and Symbian OS is an ideal fit and JoY as an ideal offspring as it combines advanced electronic computer capabilities with an attractive form factor and high performance. With consumer market trends leaning towards convergence and network operators looking to bring smartphones to market even quicker, Symbian is working closely with LG Electronics to fuel this fast growing segment of the market."

Symbian develops and licenses Symbian OS, the market leading open operating system for advanced, data-enabled mobile phones, also known as smartphones, to the world's leading handset manufacturers including, Arima, Ben Q Siemens, Fujitsu, Lenovo, LG Electronics, Motorola, Mitsubishi, Nokia, Samsung, Sharp, and Sony Ericsson. During H1 2006, 24 million Symbian smartphones were sold worldwide to over 250 major network operators, bringing the total number of Symbian smartphones shipped to 82.8 million.

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