Posts Tagged ‘nokia’

Summary Post (and sorry for the silence)

Friday, July 11th, 2008

Sorry for the renewed silence on this blog, it’s been a combination of being busy at work and me being lazy…  Here’s a small post of some of the stories I’ve missed.

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Nokia to open up Symbian

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Nokia announced to day that it is buying the remaining share of Symbian Limited that it doesn’t yet control for about 264 million euros.  Nokia plans to turn Symbian over to to a newly created Symbian Foundation.  Other members of the foundation include Ericsson, Motorola and NTT DoCoMo.

The foundation is commited to moving Symbian to the open source realm within two years and plans to use the Eclipse Public License.

Press Releases:

[via Engadget]

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Nokia Aims For More Linux-based Devices

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

Nokia logoThe world’s largest cellphone maker expects to expand the role of Linux in it’s device portfolio.  Nokia has used Linux on it’s internet Tablet series, but not on any of it’s cellphones.

The market for cellphone operating systems is led by Nokia’s S60, which is built on the Symbian platform.  When asked about the role of Linux on internet tablets, Nokia’s Chief Financial Officer Rick Simonson reportedly said “It’s going to be terribly important.”

[Reuters via Engadget]

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