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Symbian planning two OS updates per year
Symbian planning two OS updates per year
The Symbian Foundation late Thursday outlined a release schedule for its core mobile OS that should impact its future. Each version will take just six months between being feature-complete and being "hardened," or brought to a reliable and finished ...
Introducing the Release Plan
Introducing the Release Plan
blog.symbian.org — There’s a lot of activity underway, throughout the software development teams for all the different packages that... make up the Symbian Platform. These packages are finding their way into platform releases. The plan is that there will be two ... (more) Introducing the Release Plan
Mobile OS wars: Symbian leads globally; Mac OS X surges
Mobile OS wars: Symbian leads globally; Mac OS X surges
news.cnet.com — A new report from Gartner shows Symbian still holds nearly half the market in mobile operating systems,... but other OSes are quickly rising in market share and developer attention. (more) Mobile OS wars: Symbian leads globally; Mac OS X surges
Android sales to outstrip iPhone by '12?
Android sales to outstrip iPhone by '12?
news.cnet.com — The iPhone's lead over smartphone upstart Android may be short-lived, according to an industry watcher's predictions. Android... smartphone sales will outstrip iPhone sales by 2012, market researcher Informa Telecoms & Media has predicted in ... (more) Android sales to outstrip iPhone by '12?
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Symbian Foundation outlines Symbian’s future
Gadgetell — ... of the OS every year.  Having two releases per year could easily put Symbian up on some other OSes if they innovate enough.  Though it might not beat the marketing machine that is Apple or the overwhelming popularity of WinMo and BlackBerry, it could easily put it up there with Android.  For an old smartphone OS, its nice to see The Symbian Foundation try harder to push out updates than Microsoft seems to be doing. Read [The Symbian Foundation] Read [Electronista] Full Story » | Written by Shawn ...

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