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Symbian goes fully open source, it's a free download to all

04 February, 2010 | Read the news | Post your comment
Symbian goes fully open source, it's a free download to all - read the full textThere have been quite a few rumors about the fate of Symbian, but now the OS has entered a new stage of its existence - its code is now open source. This move began in June 2008, when Nokia bought Symbian and created the Symbian Foundation to take over the development of the OS. And the Foundation...

 

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> In reply to Anonymous @ 2010-02-04 12:22 from t7vB - click to readU mean quick office?

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  • 2010-02-04 12:25
  • wHrq

> In reply to Anonymous @ 2010-02-04 12:02 from 9BMc - click to readHow many android/mac Packed cellfones ship last year.i bet it doesnt come close to 200million

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  • 2010-02-04 12:22
  • wHrq

so today is symbian birthday?

Can you think this way, symbian is getting much more better now thank to the competitors. Nokia and symbian are not sleeping. And maemo too

i hope next move nokia want to do it to make ms office free to every n series phones

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  • 2010-02-04 12:22
  • t7vB

> In reply to Anonymous @ 2010-02-04 12:02 from 9BMc - click to readuseless comment...
winmo is the worlds largest buggy software producer.. surely symbian s^3 kicks the ass of every platform..
330 million devices in last year is an amazing pulse...

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  • 2010-02-04 12:15
  • 2A49

Great move. Now it's time to Windows :-)

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  • 2010-02-04 12:15
  • S1Q1

How is this going to help us current s60v5 users? Symbian 3 please

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  • 2010-02-04 12:13
  • SrpG

> In reply to Anonymous @ 2010-02-04 12:02 from 9BMc - click to readSymbian sales took a beating?
No, they haven't taken a beating, they are still far more than Winmo, Apple and Android combined. Stop saying unfounded "news".

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  • 2010-02-04 12:10
  • MfxY

Put it in open source and miraculously there'll be horde of developers (hopefully) doing the heavy lifting for you.

Does it always works that way ?

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  • 2010-02-04 12:08
  • uEBY

This is good.every1 can modify the OS

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  • 2010-02-04 12:05
  • wHrq

Wtf can i use it for, isn't it enough that in my phone, or not?

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  • 2010-02-04 12:03
  • LgMJ

Only after symbian sales took a beating thanks to the huge surge in Iphone and android device sales. Now winmo is pumping up thier next OS as well...symbian was just getting outdated. In the end, its better for us..the consumers!

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  • 2010-02-04 12:02
  • 9BMc

symb ian needs a gig revolution.

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  • 2010-02-04 11:52
  • nq39
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