Kai Öistämö, Nokia’s head of devices, said during a press conference in London that the first Symbian Foundationsymbian powered devices will come in in 2010 at the earliest.
Developers apparently can start working on the new open-source platform immediately, since according to Öistämö, “applications...
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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...
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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