LG Electronics and Nokia announced during the CTIA 2004 a licensing agreement for the Series 60 Platform. The Series 60, licensed by Nokia to mobile device manufacturers, is a mobile device software platform for smartphones based on the Symbian OS, and a direct competitor to the Windows Mobile Smartphone platform. Other Series 60 licensees include Lenovo, Panasonic, Nokia, Samsung, Siemens and Sendo.

The lincece include the Series 60 Platform as source code. The source code enables licensees to further develop and differentiate the software for Series 60-based products while maintaining the underlying application interoperability.

The Series 60 Platform encompasses the software, user interface (UI) and applications necessary to create a smartphone.