Articles tagged with: Open Source and Symbian Foundation

Symbian Releases More Source Code as Open Source

­The Symbian Foundation has announced a significant milestone in its plan to move the entire Symbian platform into Open Source - the release of the platform microkernel (EKA2) and supporting development kit under the Eclipse Public License (EPL).  more

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Nine New Members for the Symbian Foundation

Following Nokia's proposal to buy out its fellow shareholders in the Symbian mobile OS company and release it as an open source platform - the company has now announced that nine more companies have joined the Symbian Foundation.  more

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Microsoft faces Pressure from Smartphone OS Alliances

NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- With the smartphone world increasingly shifting toward an open operating system model, Microsoft and its Windows Mobile face another obstacle in trying to penetrate the consumer market.  more

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UPDATE: Nokia, Mobile Cos to Create Symbian Foundation

Nokia, Tuesday said it will acquire the remaining stake in Symbian it doesn't already own and with a range of partners create the Symbian Foundation, an open source model for the Symbian wireless operating system.  more

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