Honest 836 Report post Posted December 5, 2008 Symbian Open Source OS in 2010 Distribution of code in 2009 Nokia's Symbian Foundation is set to focus on its open source OS, which it plans to bring in 2010. The Foundation expects to bring out the first distribution of its software for developers in the first half of 2009. Earlier this week, Nokia had closed the deal in which the Finnish company had agreed to buy the remaining part of the Symbian consortium. This was seen as inevitable in many circles owing to the fact that from the start Nokia had dominated Symbian. Software assets will, however, be contributed to the foundation by the members. These include, Symbian OS and S60 by Nokia, UIQ technology by Motorola and Sony Ericsson and MOAP(S) by NTT DoCoMo and Fujitsu. The Symbian Foundation comprises manufacturers like Nokia, Motorola, NTT DoCoMo, LG Electronics, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, AT&T and quite a few others. New members include AOL, Fujitsu's Cell Telecom division, and Intrinsyc a leading provider of mobile and embedded software solutions Analysts see the upcoming Symbian platform as a viable alternative to competing platforms such as Google's Android , Apple's iPhone and Microsoft's Windows Mobile. While Symbian was leading the smartphone OS share market for quite long, the recent incursions by Mac OSX, thanks to the iPhone and its brilliant UI, did take some sheen away from Symbian. A new partner organization will handle the distribution of code, which is expected in the first half of 2009. Courtesy : Techtree Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
