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Moving to speed the development of next-generation (2.5G and 3G) smart
phones, Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector today
announced that its DragonBall(TM) MX1 microprocessor will port to
all versions of the Symbian operating system (OS). The Symbian
OS(TM) is an advanced, open-standard operating system specifically
tailored to the emerging smart phone market and handset
manufacturers' requirements for compact and rich functionality
targeted to on-the-go mobile professionals. Motorola's support of
the Symbian OS is expected to help customers shorten time to
market in the design and development of wireless products that
offer integrated data and voice services.

The DragonBall MX1 offers advanced multimedia capabilities and is
designed for building high-performance and cost-effective wireless
products, such as smart phones, digital media audio players,
handheld computers and other mobile data/voice products.
Additionally, the DragonBall family is part of Motorola's
Innovative Convergence(tm) wireless platform portfolio that
delivers comprehensive solutions incorporating voice and data
functionality. These platforms combine chipsets and proven
protocol software with development tools, reference designs, and
manufacturing and testing tools to create 2G-to-3G silicon-to-
software solutions.

"Motorola offers one of the most advanced applications processors
available on the market today. The DragonBall family helps
manufacturers to create compelling, data-enabled, mobile phones
and devices with multimedia capability," said Mark Edwards,
executive vice president of sales and marketing for Symbian. "The
manufacturers who use DragonBall processors can now take advantage
of the Symbian OS, the leading operating system for applications
processors based on the ARM9(tm) core technology, to deliver a
wide range of wireless devices in a significantly reduced
timeframe."

Symbian, a mobile operating system consortium, was formed to
address the anticipated demand for combined voice communications,
wireless Internet access and computing functionality. Integrating
the simplicity of mobile phones with the features of mobile
computing, Symbian's software platform has been licensed to
companies including Ericsson, Matsushita, Motorola, Nokia,
Philips, Psion, Sanyo and Sony. The Symbian OS 6.1 is currently
being ported to the DragonBall MX1; the just-announced Symbian OS
7.0 is expected to follow. Symbian OS v7.0 offers enhanced
multimedia capabilities, MIDP Java, security features and
networking capabilities optimized for next-generation mobile
phones.

"Consumer demand is increasing the need for wireless device makers
to develop high performance, low-cost products that have a rich
user interface, as well as always-on and multimedia features. By
porting the Symbian OS to our DragonBall MX1, we are providing a
ready-made solution for smart phone manufacturers," said Buddy
Broeker, director of handheld computing for Motorola's Wireless
and Broadband Systems Group. "The DragonBall MX1 combined with the
Symbian OS will have a significant impact on the market
availability of smart handheld devices, enabling manufacturers to
combine the best of the handheld computing technology with
wireless voice and data capabilities."

Metrowerks, a Motorola company and the leading commercial tools
provider for the DragonBall platform, recently announced the
availability of the first development tools designed specifically
for the new Symbian OS(TM) v7.0, which will be used to create
system software and applications for the next generation of
Symbian OS phones.

"By providing Metrowerks' CodeWarrior(TM) Development Tools for
Symbian OS and DragonBall MX1 with the Symbian OS, Motorola offers
a total development environment for the smartphone industry," said
Jim Welch, president and CEO, Metrowerks. "CodeWarrior, DragonBall
and Symbian OS are formidable, market-leading solutions of choice
for application developers looking to deliver innovative
applications for wireless devices and to gain a critical
competitive edge in today's rapidly changing marketplace."

Over the next several years, industry experts predict that there
will be a significant increase in consumer requirements for mobile
phones and the wireless industry as a whole must deliver products
that satisfy the many diverse needs of wireless device users. To
meet this demand, manufacturers are focusing on smart phones --
wireless phones that include personal digital assistant (PDA)
functionality and integrate voice, data and multimedia to help
ensure consumers can access the information they need, when they
need it and wherever they may need it. In fact, according to
research firm IDC, smart phones will be the fastest-growing
segment of the smart handheld devices market, increasing at a
compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 164 percent to more than 23
million units by 2004.