Nokia's purchase of Symbian

[jeni_fini]

Nokia released the news that its plan to purchase Symbian will be close to the end of this year. Nokia also announced that they intend to purchase Symbian from the other stakeholders, which included companies such as Sony Ericsson and Motorola, for $340 million in June. Nokia wants to make the Symbian software free to developers and handset makers.

 

[xj911]

I was almost sure this already happened?

 

[tavenger5]

Yeh, end of June...

Nokia - ShowPressRelease

 

[phonetastic]

I guess we can expect better Nokia programs to come out soon.

 

[tomfoolery]

its about time .

 

[tomfoolery]

nokia phones have /long been the most indestructable phones on the market ( manufactured obsolescence vs. satisfied / repeat customers ...... look for future thread ) its about time they upgraded the outdated os theyve been sticking in our toys

 

[tomfoolery]

as far as making it free to developers and manufacturers it can only lead to more ideas and a better experience for the end user.

 

[basik]

as well as to more bugs and more problems...

 

[Panya7]

its about time .

 

[wodhuyjg]

its about time .

 

[ronnie0738]

good news. hopefully more apps will come.

 

[xj911]

The good thing is Symbian will finally become open source like Android, and hopefully we'll see even more apps.

This will be great when the N97 comes out and it competes with the Iphone.

 

[euroroc]

Agreed... I just played with an Android phone and was very impressed...

-RGK-