Symbian: 2007 will have Wi-Fi phones

Symbian has just released the latest version and added the ability to support Wi-Fi connectivity for the operating system for mobile phones.

So Symbian 9.3 version has full support for Wi-Fi wireless connection. This is considered a new step for Symbian in the trend of "mobile convergence".

Jorgen Behrens - Symbian's vice president of product management and strategy - said the 9.3 version is in fact an upgrade and adds functionality compared to the previous version 9. The new version is backwards compatible, meaning it is compatible with all device devices that have Symbian 9 version installed.

" There are a number of mobile phone products on the market that support Wi-Fi connectivity, but that is due to additional equipment manufacturers. But with the main Wi-Fi connection supported on the platform Operators will make it easier to deploy other mobile applications such as VoIP , "Behrens asserted.

Symbian's vice president also predicts that mobile phones using the latest operating system version 9.3 will appear on the market early next year.

" The addition of Wi-Fi wireless support is a step towards converged devices - for example, a device that can easily switch between GSM and Wi-Fi. , "Stressed Behrens.

Behrens also announced a new version of the Symbian operating system, in addition to adding a Wi-Fi feature, which has been further improved on phone boot time, applications . and many other features.

Hoang Dung