Nokia’s road to establishing an open-source Symbian Foundation has just been cemented with Samsung’s reported acceptance of Nokia’s offer to buy-out Samsung’s shares in Symbian. Samsung is the last remaining share-holder in Symbian that stands between Nokia and their Symbian Foundation...
That’s it. Nokia’s had enough of RIM’s encroachment on their business-phone segment. Rather than allowing Nokia E-series customers to eat from both sides of the pond, to butcher a few metaphors, Nokia has announced that they’ll no longer support BlackBerry Connect support on their...
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The two largest open-source mobile platform initiatives are swirling up rumors that they’ll be joining forces to combine the Symbian and Android platforms spearheaded by Nokia and Google, respectively. Allegedly informed analysts at J. Gold Associates are claiming that a merger between Nokia and...
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As smaller competitors in an growing open-source mobile OS market, LiMo Foundation and LiPS (Linux Phone Standards) Forum members are in for a serious battle for open-source marketshare. With Nokia buying out Symbian to essentially seed the open-source Symbian mobile platform, and the OHA backing Google's...
With news that Google's Android-push will take just a bit longer than we would prefer, it's fitting that Nokia has just announced that it will be working to bring together the fragmented Symbian environment under a single, open-source umbrella. Nokia has been working closely with Symbian for...
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In a move that seems targeted towards the corporate customers who just can’t dig the idea that a smartphone could be a malware-free device if you use it properly, Sony Ericsson and F-Secure announced a partnership agreement to “deliver mobile security for UIQ.” Under the deal, the Swedish...
Motorola has been poised to take a 50% stake in Sony Ericsson’s mobile OS, UIQ, for some time now. Motorola wants to be half-vested partners in Sony Ericsson’s UI Holdings BV, the parent company of UIQ Technology AB. The last obstacle keeping Moto from sharing the UIQ limelight with the Japanese...
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12-13-2007
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What? I thought they were already Platinum Partner. Apparently, I was wrong… Anyway, one of the most productive software developers for the Symbian platform — if not THE most productive — will now work even more tightly with the leading mobile OS maker to bring us even more apps. Epocware...
Sometimes even the best intentions lead to horrible outcomes. We’re sure MTV meant well when they launched their Music Television network a couple decades ago - but today we have “My Sweet Sixteen.” Britney Spears and Kevin Federline undoubtedly had the best intentions - now we just...
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The hot new Nokia 6110 Navigator is now the official communications and navigation device of the “ Long Way Down ” reality-TV series starring Ewan McGregor. Ewan and his buddy Charley will be using the Nokia 6110 Navigator to keep them on track and in touch during their trans-continental...
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08-06-2007
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