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infoworld.com - 7/2/2009
Symbian Foundation makes progress with open mobile OS | Mobilize
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The foundation expects to soon begin beta testing Symbian^2, which promises more customization The Symbian Foundation expects to begin beta testing of a new version of its mobile phone operating system within the next few weeks. Symbian^2, the first version of the software since the foundation ...
Nokia N97 Review: Nokia Is Doomed [Review]
gizmodo.com - 7/6/2009
Nokia N97 Review: Nokia Is Doomed [Review]
— gizmodo.com — The N97 is Nokia's attempt to stand tall in an unfamiliar, hostile world populated by the iPhone,... Pre and Android the only way it knows how: by throwing the kitchen sink at them. If this is it, they're doomed. Okay, maybe you don't think that's ... (more) Nokia N97 Review: Nokia Is Doomed [Review]

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Will Nokia Jettison Symbian for Android? [GigaOM]
gigaom.com - 7/6/2009
Will Nokia Jettison Symbian for Android? [GigaOM]
— gigaom.com — The Guardian reports that Nokia is planning a touchscreen mobile phone that runs Google’s Android operating system... and the handset maker will likely show off the device at the Nokia World conference in September 2009. When I read the story ... (more) Will Nokia Jettison Symbian for Android? [GigaOM]

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news.cnet.com - 7/2/2009
Symbian: We have time to beat Apple's iPhone | The Open Road - CNET News
— news.cnet.com — I had dinner Monday night in London with David Wood, futurist at Symbian, and came away feeling... strangely calm. Perhaps it was the exceptional food at Veeraswamy, capped off by a bitter chocolate ice cream.... Or perhaps it was the fact that Wood has ... (more) Symbian: We have time to beat Apple's iPhone | The Open ...

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As Symbian Finally Rolls Out its Open Source Platform, Expect a Shakeup [OStatic]
GigaOM Network — ... In a post today, InfoWorld reports that Symbian will soon begin beta testing Symbian 2, a customizable, open source version of the Symbian platform. David Wood, who is futurist and catalyst at the Symbian Foundation, tells InfoWorld that within a few weeks the software will be "functionally complete," and that there will be a Symbian Product Development Kit (PDK), which phone makers will use when building phones based on the operating system. ...

As Symbian Finally Rolls Out its Open Source Platform, Expect a Shakeup
OStatic blogs — ... In a post today, InfoWorld reports that Symbian will soon begin beta testing Symbian 2, a customizable, open source version of the Symbian platform. David Wood, who is futurist and catalyst at the Symbian Foundation, tells InfoWorld that within a few weeks the software will be "functionally complete," and that there will be a Symbian Product Development Kit (PDK), which phone makers will use when building phones based on the operating system. ...

Smartphones: A Tower of Babel for developers
Macworld — Posted on by Paul Krill , InfoWorld Editor’s Note: This article is reprinted from InfoWorld . For more IT news, subscribe to the InfoWorld Daily newsletter . In the fast-moving world of smartphones, application developers must make choices: Develop native applications for Apple’s iPhone or perhaps for the Palm Pre . Or maybe build for Symbian , the RIM BlackBerry , or Google’s Android . If you have the time and skills, you can build your application again and again for different phones, using native development resources. Or you can build applications using frameworks and Web technologies to work on multiple ...

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According to the Symbian Foundation Blog, Symbian has recently released the first PDK (Product Development Kit) for Symbian ^2. The PDK includes several tools for developers, including the full version of the Symbian OS and S60 OS, as well ... (follow link to read)
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