reuters.com - 2/12/2009
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HELSINKI (Reuters) - Qualcomm ( QCOM.O ), MySpace ( NWSA.O ) and 12 more companies joined the Symbian camp on Thursday, giving the mobile operating system larger scale than Google's ( GOOG.O ) Android in the handset software battleground. The focus of the cellphone market has been shifting to ...
symbian-guru.com - 2/16/2009
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symbian-guru.com —
Mixed in with the Press Kit from the
Mobile World Congress today is a backgrounder on Nokia’s...
partnership with Carl Zeiss, who makes the optics used in most of Nokia’s Nseries smartphones. On this backgrounder is a crystal-clear image of the next ...
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techcrunch.com - 2/8/2009
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Our sister site MobileCrunch may be convinced that
not every company needs an app store , but...
for Nokia to launch a central platform for distribution and sales of micro-programs developed for the Symbian OS , it would make a whole lotta sense. And ...
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Nokia Shaping Up To Launch Its Very Own App Store?
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Symbian Foundation Adds to Its Flock
Phone Scoop - Latest News —
... joining the Nokia-led Symbian Foundation. Nokia bought Symbian in 2008 and plans to create a new, open-source base for the mobile platform. It has gathered 78 member companies into the Symbian Foundation. Other firms joining today are Atelier, Bank of America, Gemalto, Imagination Technologies, Mobica, Nanoradio, Omron Software, SanDisk, SESCA, SiRF Technology and VirtualLogix. Nokia and its partners hope to create a better competitor to Apple, RIM, and Google's Android platforms. more info at Reuters ...
Symbian Foundation welcomes 14 new members - HP, MySpace and Qualcomm included
Unwired View —
... are: Atelier, Bank of America, Imagination Technologies, Gemalto, Omron Software, Mobica, Nanoradio, SiRF Technology, SESCA and VirtualLogix.
The new names come to join companies like Samsung, Motorola, LG and Sony Ericsson, raising the total number of Symbian Foundation members to 78.
Led by Nokia, the Symbian Foundation intends to release an open source Symbian platform that should be available for end users sometime in 2010.
Source: Reuters
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Nuevos miembros de Symbian Foundation: HP, MySpace, Qualcomm y 11 más
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... Mobica, Nanoradio, SiRF Technology, SESCA y VirtualLogix.
Con estos 14 nuevos miembros, ya son un total de 78 empresas entre las cuales están Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson, AT&T y Vodafone, por nombrar sólo algunos.
Recordemos que el objetivo principal de Nokia es lanzar una plataforma Symbian de código abierto que estaría disponible el año que viene.
Vía Reuters ...
Symbian Foundation to get 14 new members including Qualcomm, HP and MySpace
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis —
... Omron Software
Qualcomm (NSDQ: QCOM)
SanDisk
SESCA
SiRF Technology
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As a reminder, since its formation, 78 companies have said they plan to join the Symbian Foundation to get access to its software. The first Symbian Foundation software will be released this year, while the official introduction of a new platform will happen by June 2010.
[Via: Reuters]
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Symbian Foundation grows larger by 14 including MySpace
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... new members which are…
HP, MySpace, Qualcomm. SanDisk, SiRF Technology, Bank of America, Atelier, Gemalto, Imagination Technologies, Mobica, Nanoradio, Omron Software, SESCA, and VirtualLogix.
Since the Symbian Foundations conception 78 companies have made plans to take up membership, and the 1st Symbian Foundation software is expected to be released sometime this year and rumour has it they will introduce a new platform in 2010.
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Samsung delays Android Smartphones —
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According to the Guardian Samsung is delaying the release of their first Google Android smartphones.
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