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Last week senior vice president of Samsung, Don Joo Lee, said that the company will no longer produce Symbian based phones and will limit its platform support to Android, Windows Mobile, and its own new Bada operating system.

Those who own a Symbian S60-based smartphone (like N95, N96) can take adantage of the new Commodore 64 emulator called FrodoS60. This version (1.5) includes accelerometer support among other things. Here's a video to give you a better idea about the application:

Microsoft has updated its Windows Live Messenger mobile client to be compatible with Symbian S60 devices. As you can see on the picture above, the new version perfectly fits the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic’s screen, and will also be compatible with other Nokia handsets, including the upcoming N97 model.

Just to remind you, Windows Live Messenger allows you to chat  with your MSN/Windows Live buddies, as well as access your Hotmail account while on-the-go.

Google has released a new version of its Maps for Mobile for the Windows Mobile and S60 platforms. The latest Maps for Mobile 2.3 app now supports the Street Views feature, previously available only for iPhone, BlackBerry and Android platforms.

The feature provides street-level images of streets that users search for.

[Continue reading Street Views in Google Maps for Windows Mobile and S60]

The new S60 mobile HTML Editor won't help you build an entire website from scratch, but it's a nice tool to make minor changes in the code on the run. It requires only an S60-based smartphone, Python and the appuifw2 extension module. Webmasters rejoice!

We have a list of specifications for the upcoming Samsung i7110, which was first seen in August. The phone will probably be launched during Symbian Smartphone Show that will take place in London within 20 days from now, then we'll find out the exact release date.

Ok, the Samsung i7110 specs will include:

• 3G (HSDPA) support, GSM/EDGE;
• Symbian S60 9.

Check this out: according to Magnus Andersson, product manager of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1, the device isn't actually tied to any specific technical platform, such as Windows Mobile, which means in the future we could see it run Symbian or even Android.

How do you feel about it? :)

This is the picture of the new Samsung i7110, a nice S60-powered 5Mpix camraphone. It is unannounced yet, but we expect it to become official in the near future. Some of its specs include:

• 5Mpix camera;
• Symbian S60 OS;
• microSD slot;
• 3G/HSDPA data;
• Front-mounted camera

T-Mobile UK started offering the new Nokia 6650, a clamshell handset equipped with a 2Mpix camera with LED flash, Mobile TV support, integrated GPS receiver, and running on Symbian S60 OS.

The phone will cost you £30 monthly for the next 18 months, and then it's free.

If you live in the U.S. and happen to own a Nokia Symbian S60 (3rd Edition) smartphone, then dont miss your chance to be one of the first users to try the second beta of the world's fastest mobile browser from Skyfire.

The software is now available for selected private beta testers, and if you're willing to join them, sign up at the Skyfire's website now.