Symbian Q1 2005 numbers

May 11 2005 - 03:37 PM ET | Smartphone
Fresh off the announcement of Windows Mobile 5.0, Symbian is touting strong Q1 numbers. * Phone shipments totalled 6.75M versus 2.40M a year ago (180% growth) * Cumulative shipments of Symbian OS phones since Symbian's formation reached 32m phones. * Number of commercially available third party applications for Symbian OS phones reached 3,804, up from 1,962 a year ago. Symbian is especially proud of its 3G penetration, of the 48 Symbian phone models shipping, 25% are for 3G networks.