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Symbian Signs on Samsung

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the excuse-for-alliteration dept.

mmol_6453 writes "In a move that beat Orange's showing off the first Microsoft-based smartphone by a day, Symbian has signed on Samsung. Quoth the article: 'Symbian now licenses its smartphone software to all five top mobile makers, and its OS has beaten both Palm and Microsoft in the European handheld device market'"

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  1. Oops... by ryanvm · · Score: 5, Funny

    Am I the only one that thought that said Sybian?

    1. Re:Oops... by cqnn · · Score: 5, Funny

      It was the next logical step after all...

      To have the phone set on 'vibrate' by default.

    2. Re:Oops... by doc_brown · · Score: 2, Funny

      so I wonder just how many people out there know what the difference between Symbian and Sybian are.

      Talk about instesting choice for a company names..
      I know I'm not going to forgot them :)

    3. Re:Oops... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      in this article there is a misspelling of symbian(they forgot the letter m. It is on the first line(right under where is says "breaking news"

    4. Re:Oops... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
      Am I the only one who thinks the obligatory vibrator-jokes, that pops up with every mention of Symbian Smartphones on Slashdot, are starting to get old..?


      Yes, you stuffy fucktard, you are.
  2. Hmm by ShooterNeo · · Score: 3, Funny

    A Sybian in a cell phone? Now that just might be a good idea. Of course, if you thought women talking on cellphones driving their 2 ton SUVs were bad enough, imagine that chaos if they were being pleasured by the sybian AND talking on the phone AND driving...

  3. Fantastic!!! by karmavore · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now my smartphone will be able to respond to those late night tech support calls. It will give detailed instructions on HOWTO: Reboot, take 2 asprin and call me in the morning.

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  4. Re:"smarterphone"? by Maniakes · · Score: 5, Funny

    So MS's smartphone can play chess... does this me Symbian's can play Go? :)

    I'm waiting for a cellphone that can play Global Thermonuclear War.

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  5. Good Lord....Symbian? Whats Next? Dildophone? by Bowie+J.+Poag · · Score: 2, Funny



    Micro.

    "Handheld Device".

    Palm.

    Soft.

    Symbian.

    Why don't we all just cut to the chase and call them what they are?

    Expensive vibrators.

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    1. Re:Good Lord....Symbian? Whats Next? Dildophone? by Myco · · Score: 3, Funny

      Have you priced a decent vibrator lately?

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  6. Re:you're a retard by Kenshin · · Score: 3, Funny
    Imagine a Beowolf cluster of Sybians!!

    Now THAT I'd pay to see!

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  7. Have you head about those new Sybian phones? by Subcarrier · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sybian Series 60, the ultimate sexperience, complete with Multimedia Massaging (MMS) capabilities. Now you can give your partner a buzz whenever you feel like it. An MMS just feels so much better than just a phone call! This is one phone you don't mind sticking under your belt.

    Oh, and have you heard about those new Sybian phones for the male audience? They suck.

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  8. Re:I disagree by Anthony+Boyd · · Score: 3, Funny
    The SCH-850 was a piece of crap. After a few weeks of using it, it would die. Not the battery, or screen. That would all work fine. It would show full signal strength, but would never connect to the network.

    Yeah. See, the service requires you to pay a monthly bill.

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  9. Re:you're a retard by eno2001 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I guess that could become a cluster fuck if one was really lucky...

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