More than 22 million Symbian phones shipped in the fourth quarter of 2007, making a total of 77 million in the year, and bringing in $349 million in royalties for the year
The Symbian operating system grew 50 percent over 2007, and is well placed to grow in future, according to the Symbian chief executive Nigel Clifford – who shrugged off Google Android, Apple iPhone and Microsoft Windows phones at Mobile World Congress.
But Symbian is making its operating system cheaper, in order to reach beyond the smartphone sector to lower-cost phones, which are expected to grow much faster than any other kind of device in the next few years.
source:pcworld