Phil Northam: Samsung's Mobile InnovatorSamsung Mobile Innovator is the latest developer support program from a Symbian OS licensee. Richard Bloor caught up with Phil Northam, the program's Global Marketing Manager and one of its founding members, to find out more.
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Symbian Limited, developer and licensor of Symbian OS™, the market-leading operating system for advanced, data-enabled mobile phones known as smartphones, has released unaudited financial and operational figures for both Q4 2006 and the full year ended 31 December 2006.
Highlights - Full year 2006
51.7 million Symbian smartphones shipped to consumers worldwide in 2006 - a 52% increase on 2005 (2005: 34.0m)
108 Symbian smartphone models shipping from 9 licensees through over 250 major network operators worldwide at 31 December 2006 (2005: 60 models) - an 80% increase on 2005
65 new Symbian smartphones models commenced shipment in 2006 (2005: 36), 38 (58%) of these models were based on Symbian OS v9, 34 (53%) for use on W-CDMA (3G) networks in Japan and Europe, 19 (29%) Wi-Fi enabled
110 million cumulative Symbian smartphone shipments since the formation of Symbian to 31 December 2006
Symbian announced Symbian OS v9.3 optimized for convergence and market segmentation with performance and feature enhancements, which will begin shipping in devices in 2007
Highlights - Q4 2006
14.6 million Symbian smartphones shipped by licensees in Q4 2006 - a 34% increase on Q4 2005 (Q4 2005 - 10.9m)
In Q4 2006, Symbian OS was used in products in many segments and geographical markets - for example: Nokia E50, Sony Ericsson P990c and Sony Ericsson Walkman W958c in China; Sony Ericsson Walkman W950i, Nokia E61 and Nokia N92 in Europe as well as several NTT DoCoMo™ devices for the Japanese market such as FOMA™ SO903i manufactured by Sony Ericsson, FOMA SH903i manufactured by Sharp, FOMA F903i manufactured by Fujitsu and FOMA D903i manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric
New Symbian OS v9 models announced in Q4 2006 but not shipping as of the end of 2006, include the Samsung SGH-i520, LG JoY and Nokia 6290
6,896 third party Symbian applications are now commercially available, a 50% increase on 31 December 2005 (4,588 applications) (Source: Symbian research, see Notes to Editors)
51.7m Symbian smartphones shipped in 2006
Symbian Limited Q4 2006 results
Q4 2006
Q4 2005
Q3 2006
Symbian OS Units
14.6m
10.9m
13.0m
Average Royalty / Unit
US$5.1
US$5.2
US$5.2
Royalty GP%
93%
86%
93%
Revenue (£’m)
Royalties
40.4
30.7
37.3
Consulting Services
3.5
2.9
2.3
Partnering & Other
1.0
1.0
0.7
Total
44.9
34.6
40.3
End Q4 2006
End Q3 2006
End Q4 2005
Q4YoY % change
Number of Symbian smartphone models in the market
108
106
60
+80%
Number of licensees with Symbian smartphones in the market
9
10
10
Number of Symbian smartphone models in development
56
49
58
Number of licensees with Symbian smartphones in development
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Samsung Mobile Innovator is the latest developer support program from a Symbian OS licensee. Richard Bloor caught up with Phil Northam, the program's Global Marketing Manager and one of its founding members, to find out more.
A note from Nokia reps this week informs us that the Nokia viNe application will be rolled out of Beta soon... possibly even this week. viNe is a web service that enables users of the application to share their journeys, along with media collected along the way. As a long-time Sports Tracker user, N95 enthusiasts, and evangelist of all things mobile and geospatial, I was provided with a pre-release version of viNe - details and a complete "How To" install and use the application are provided... enjoy! Enter Nokia viNe 101 
It was back in 
I’ve been a long-time fan and user of Nokia Sports Tracker. In fact, I’ve considered it to be one of the best location-aware mobile apps anywhere… hands-down! Now it's even more fun, more useful, and easier to share with others... 
It was almost a year ago at 
Symbian Limited, developer and licensor of Symbian OS™, the market-leading operating system for advanced, data-enabled mobile phones known as smartphones, has released unaudited financial and operational figures for both Q4 2006 and the full year ended 31 December 2006.
