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Filed under: Software , Nokia , Symbian , Android Nothing like a couple passive-aggressive keynote speeches and some spirited debate to get the blood pumping -- and with competition in the open mobile platform space more heated than it's ever been before, it was just a matter of time before these...
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Filed under: Handsets , Samsung , Orange , Linux , Symbian , ALP , Android Without much fanfare, the Samsung i800 was canned at the tail end of last month. When asked why, Orange simply noted that it was pulled in order to "prepare a more competitive Linux mobile." A recent writeup at Ostatic...
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08-17-2008
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Filed under: Samsung, Handsets, Symbian, Linux, Google, Orange, alp, Mobile Linux, Access, MobileLinux, LiMo foundation, android, LiMo, LimoFoundation, i800, access linux, AccessLinux
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Dredging up memories of flopped rumors from days gone by, Michael Dell, the founder of the computer manufacturer that bears his namesake, has hinted at the possibility that Dell is entering the handset business. More specifically, Dell could be poised to take a swing at the smartphone segment that fellow...
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Filed under: Handsets , Others Rumors of Dell playing a role in the smartphone industry have been around for what seems like ages , but each time the fire dies down, another can of lighter fluid emerges to get us all wondering again. In a recent interview with Om Malik, the bigwig had more than a few...
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07-28-2008
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Filed under: Handsets, Symbian, Others, Google, Software, Smartphone, os, dell, OperatingSystem, operating system, industry, plans, android, michael dell, MichaelDell
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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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07-26-2008
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Filed under: Nokia, Symbian, merger, rumors, Linux, Google, Mobile OS, Announcements, open source, Partnerships, android, mobile platform, symbian foundation
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Somebody just had to say it. Google has been blowing mighty horns about how its open-source Android smartphone OS will blow all its competitors out of the water. Nokia, meanwhile, with Symbian and access to the largest smartphone market share, is surely to make a difference when the first traces of its...
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07-26-2008
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Filed under: Nokia, Symbian, merger, Google, Featured, os, free, operating system, open-source, wireless, android, Software&Services
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Industry analysts J. Gold Associates has a theory that, if true, could mean that the mobile market is going to get a LOT more interesting.
Nokia and Google, says J. Gold, are close to combiniing the Android and Symbian operating system “to provide a single open source OS.”
In some ways it...
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Filed under: Software , Nokia , Symbian , Android According to the oracle-like superbrains at J. Gold Associates, Google's Android OS and Nokia's Symbian will " combine to provide a single open source OS," sometime in the very near future... say, three to six months. Sure, Android is...
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07-25-2008
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Filed under: Nokia, Symbian, speculation, Google, Software, rumor, OpenSource, open source, analyst, android, j. gold associates, J.GoldAssociates
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Google is pushing their Linux-based mobile operating system, dubbed Android, to the development community as the mobile platform destined to revolutionize the mobile space. And, under the search-giant's mantra of "do no evil," Google has been touting Android as a completely "open"...
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Symbian's buy-out by Nokia, by far the largest handset manufacturer to rely on the Symbian smartphone mobile operating system, paves the way for an open-source Symbian environment that will hopefully spark a new wave of Symbian-based mobile platforms. With Symbian's code destined to be opened...
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07-16-2008
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Filed under: Nokia, Symbian, Linux, Google, Announcements, friend, android, Open Handset Alliance, oha, collaboration, symbian foundation
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Just in time for the Symbian 10th anniversary do, Nokia has announced plans to buy the remaining shares in Symbian and open up the S60 operating system for public use.
Nokia already owns 48% of shares and is set to spend $140 million on the remainder. 91% ofsdhareholders have reportedly agreed so far...
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This was quite unexpected, but Nokia together with AT&T, LG Electronics, Motorola, NTT DOCOMO, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments and Vodafone are going to build the Symbian Foundation, and will dedicate their time and efforts to open source mobile technology.
At the same...
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06-24-2008
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Filed under: Apple, iPhone, Nokia, Symbian, s60, Google, Software, uiq, wireless, android, moap, Software&Services, mobile platform, symbian foundation