The Siemens SX1 is a

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mobile phone running version 1.2 of the

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platform for the

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. It was the first such

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from

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following its licensing agreement with

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for the use and development of Series 60. Though unveiled in February 2003, it was not launched until December 2003.

Features

The phone had a very high feature list for its time of release. It had three built in games and support for more by downloads. The three games which were bundled with the phone were ''Mozzies'', which was awarded the title of best mobile game in 2003, ''Typegun'', which was a game made for acquainting users to the keypad layout, and ''Sitris'', a

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version with multiplayer support (via Bluetooth).

Linux on SX1

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for the mobile exists, one can boot a modified

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on the mobile using

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as a

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External links

The Symbian OS
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