THE INDEPENDENT SYMBIAN BLOG rises from the ashes of i-Symbian.Com in November 2009. i-Symbian.Com was first established in the year 2003 as a one-stop information center, blending the latest information bout EPOC, Symbian and mobile technology. It had a news section, forum, articles and reviews and more. During that time, there were not many Symbian related info-website on the internet.

Asri-Al-Baker

However, the time to maintain i-Symbian.Com took a lot from me. Which made me stopped updating it. It was a one man show. From 2003 to 2008, I maintained everything by myself.

Now, i-symbian.com is reborn, and I choose the moniker THE INDEPENDENT SYMBIAN BLOG to reflect changes, and the new direction. Adapting new philosophy and new spirit to provide independent views, opinions and comments on the mobile industry in general and specifically, the Symbian universe.

Name’s Asri al-Baker. Mobile is my passion. Started using mobile computing device with a Psion Revo back then in the late 90’s early 2000. Tried various devices including Palm v, Handspring Visor, HP Jornada 565 and lots of others. But decided to stick to EPOC until today. I start to use Symbian with the 7650. The first UIQ device was Sony Ericsson P800 and man… what a beautiful device that was… Lightyears ahead of it’s competitor…

Currently, I’m using an E63, with an Asus EeePC 1000HE together with a device I still carry everywhere, my beloved Ericsson MC 218… When Psion PLC stopped the PDA business, they have a couple of ideas including Pearl (FOMA & S60 today), Crystal (Series 80 Communicator) and Quarts (UIQ Today)… The rest, is history…

Long Live SYMBIAN!!!