Symbian announces Symbian OS v9.5

Symbian announces Symbian OS v9.5

Symbian has released Symbian OS 9.5, this has their POSIX interface and a SQL database built-in. It also has improvements for memory management and processors meaning applications will run faster and more efficiently.

Symbian have also announced support for the new ® Cortex™-A8 processor currently running on Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) OMAP3430 application processor which can offer around 3 times the performance of current processors.

It will take a while for both the OS and devices based on the new CPU to appear though.