Mobile Leaders To Unify The Symbian Software Platform |
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Mobile Leaders To Unify The Symbian Software Platform |
 2008-06-24 07:28
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 me. here. now.  Group: News Team Posts: 703 Joined: 2006-01-14 From: Hanover, Germany Member No.: 2,310 Mobile: Satio!  |
It has to be one of the most surprising news these days: The Big 5 coorporate. Nokia today announced plans to acquire the remaining shares of Symbian Limited that Nokia does not already own and then contribute the Symbian and S60 software to the Symbian Foundation. Sony Ericsson and Motorola will contribute technology from UIQ, DOCOMO has also indicated its willingness to contribute its MOAP(S) assets. From these contributions, the Foundation will provide a unified platform with common UI framework. A full platform will be available for all Foundation members under a royalty-free license, from the Foundation’s first day of operations. The annual membership fee is a bargain of 1.500$. Plans are to get the thing rollin' on the first half of 2009 with an expected complete framework in 2010. Make sure you tune in to the live webcast here at 11:00 GMT. While waiting, have a further look at the press release here and the Symbian Foundation website with the whitepaper here. -------------------- |
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2008-06-24 12:48
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 twitter.com/scotsboyuk  Group: Admins Posts: 14,184 Joined: 2005-03-03 From: Blighty Member No.: 40 Mobile: T68i (The Lightsaber of Mobiles) |
So does this mean an end to the various Symbian platforms? As in, no more UIQ?
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2008-06-24 12:54
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me. here. now. Group: News Team Posts: 703 Joined: 2006-01-14 From: Hanover, Germany Member No.: 2,310 Mobile: Satio! |
No more UIQ, S60 and MOAP(S).
One unified platform. -------------------- |
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2008-06-24 13:19
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 Avenger Group: News Team Posts: 2,783 Joined: 2006-11-06 From: India Member No.: 7,441 Mobile: K750i, G700, W350, R300 |
hmm...quite interesting..
lets see how this partnership fares....am actually concerned about compatibility....the unification of platforms may mean that the scores of apps for current platforms don't work on the new one...means the developers have to start afresh.....SE and the others will be keeping this in mind though...lets see what turns up.... -------------------- |
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2008-06-24 13:38
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 Non-se-nse  Group: VIP Posts: 172 Joined: 2005-03-16 From: Country with lots of mountains :-) Member No.: 106 Mobile: Changing! |
This might give a hint on the Beibei/Paris cancellation...
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2008-06-24 13:44
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n00b Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: 2007-04-21 Member No.: 36,202 |
probably a response to google's platform
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2008-06-24 14:12
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Se-nse-ible  Group: Members Posts: 510 Joined: 2007-06-28 From: Ohio, USA Member No.: 51,075 Mobile: w760i, W810i |
darn. i really liked UIQ too!
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2008-06-24 15:43
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Makes Se-nse Group: Members Posts: 297 Joined: 2005-06-22 Member No.: 754 |
rog, but what will happen untill 2 years from now??? will SE smartphones be all WM based??? or will they still use some of the UIQ projects?
This post has been edited by ares: 2008-06-24 15:43 -------------------- uiqblog.com
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2008-06-25 14:15
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 (/) SE-and-DROID [:] Group: Admins Posts: 12,229 Joined: 2005-03-23 From: Lancaster, UK Member No.: 152 Mobile: HTC Magic, W880i (silver), T610 (red), ///T68, CAR-100, VGC-V3S! |
It will be very interesting to see what comes out of this. I suspect we'll see non-touchscreen devices based mainly on S60 and touchscreen devices based on UIQ. Obviously both will be different from existing platforms but I think there will be some sort of evolution from them as a baseline.
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2008-06-25 18:47
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 Non-se-nse Group: Members Posts: 151 Joined: 2005-06-01 From: Kuwait Member No.: 649 Mobile: T18s, R320s, C55, V200C, K700i, S700i, P990i |
Symbian big dogs are afraid to be swallowed by the many brands using Windows Mobile mainly , there is no need to mention the iPhone share also . There are also the LINUX platforms
It's a dirty war people 
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2008-06-25 18:49
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 A witty saying proves nothing  Group: SE-NSE Awards '08 Posts: 6,333 Joined: 2007-02-21 From: Norfolk Member No.: 21,680 Mobile: iPhone 2G - K850 |
Linux mainly being Android
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