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Electronista | Nokia to buy Symbian, form open Foundation
Electronista | Nokia to buy Symbian, form open Foundation
Nokia this morning changed the mobile industry by purchasing the remainder of Symbian that it hasn't previously owned and establishing the Symbian Foundation , an organization meant to unify and promote the Symbian OS for cellphones. The group includes phone makers that already produce ...
AT&T Hopes for Single Smartphone OS (PC World) by PC World: Yahoo! Tech
tech.yahoo.com — - AT hopes to standardize on a single operating system for AT smartphones as part of a "dramatic consolidation" of its mobile platforms over the next few years, a company executive said Thursday. The mobile operator believes smartphones will make up ... (more) AT&T Hopes for Single Smartphone OS (PC World) by  ...
HOT: Next Nokia Full Touchscreen Device Leaked!!!
HOT: Next Nokia Full Touchscreen Device Leaked!!!
symbian-freak.com — Wow, wow, wow, here it is, another hot Nokia leak! Although Nokia has managed to hide the N97 from the public before its official release but promo poster of their next touch based device just appeared on the net and the endless saga of leaking ... (more) HOT: Next Nokia Full Touchscreen Device Leaked!!!
Slide of mysterious touchscreen Nokia device proven authentic
Slide of mysterious touchscreen Nokia device proven authentic
boygeniusreport.com — This past Friday, a slide from Nokia’s Capital Markets Day appeared on the internet depicting a touchscreen-only Nokia handset with a striking UI. Sure the slide looked a bit iffy and the wording of the accompanying notes isn’t your ... (more) Slide of mysterious touchscreen Nokia device proven ...
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AT&T may use Symbian as main smartphone OS
Electronista | The Macintosh News Network — ... in a presentation later on Thursday. The executive says AT has grown frustrated with the splintering of most of the smartphone market and that the carrier is likely to settle on a single, very flexible operating system like the soon to be open-sourced Symbian platform rather than attempt to code for multiple platforms. Until now, AT has attempted to bridge the gap by using Java as an intermediary layer common to most platforms, Smith says. However, the inherently abstracted nature of Java is said to have led to some poor code management on AT 's part as well as to ...

AT&T may use Symbian as main smartphone OS
MacNN | The Macintosh News Network — ... in a presentation later on Thursday. The executive says AT has grown frustrated with the splintering of most of the smartphone market and that the carrier is likely to settle on a single, very flexible operating system like the soon to be open-sourced Symbian platform rather than attempt to code for multiple platforms. Until now, AT has attempted to bridge the gap by using Java as an intermediary layer common to most platforms, Smith says. However, the inherently abstracted nature of Java is said to have led to some poor code management on AT 's part as well as to ...

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