Symbian OS version 9 debuts
Symbian Limited announced the latest version of the Symbian smartphone operating system, Symbian OS version 9, today. The first handsets with the new software won't start showing up until sometime in the second half of this year, but the big changes are improved support for multimedia and 3D graphics applications and support for the latest ARM processors and higher resolution digital camera modules. They're also adding the ability to use Symbian handsets with stereo Bluetooth headphones or as USB mass storage devices (which means you could drag and drop MP3s onto the phone, something which is way easier than using sync software when you only have enough storage space for 10 or 20 songs to begin with). They're also rolling out an enhanced Device Management framework that makes it easier to remotely update handsets over the air.
[Thanks, Mike and Jordan]
