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Symbian pins Hopes on Open-access Future

 
By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) - Users of the Symbian mobile phone operating system, meeting in London this week, hope that making the software freely available will help it regain momentum in the battle with new rivals like Apple and Google. Th... (link)

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