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Re: Eyeing Android, Symbian Opens Up
Posted by: Katherine Noyes 2010-02-06 08:22:16

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When the Symbian Foundation announced the opening up of its namesake smartphone platform on Thursday, it caused a major shift not just in the mobile landscape but also in the FOSS world. Announced by Nokia back in 2008, the transition of the leading platform from proprietary code to open source was completed four months ahead of schedule and is the largest in software history, the foundation said. "The development community is now empowered to shape the future of the mobile industry," said Lee Williams, the Symbian Foundation's executive director.

All about the hardware
Posted by: hairyfeet 2010-02-06 08:24:21 In reply to: Katherine Noyes

As we saw with the TiVo having all the code in the world won't help if the hardware to run it on won't allow it. So I would say whether this has any effect or not will depend on whether the hardware manufacturers that use Symbian OS allow their hardware to be accessible or not.