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Symbian and Google Android – the official word
By Mike on 29 July 2008
INTERNATIONAL – Since news broke of the new Symbian Foundation flames of speculation have been burning across the web with talk of Symbian combining with Android. Of course, any significant announcement such as this is a tasty subject for the rumour mill to sink its teeth into, however Nokia has released an official statement that slices through the speculation and delivers clarity on the situation. Read on…
Nokia has confirmed the following:
“Per our longstanding company policy, we do not comments on market rumours. What we can say is that the new Symbian Foundation will provide a platform formed from Symbian OS and S60 with UIQ and MOAP(S) technologies integrated, available separately under the foundation’s royalty-free license. This is expected to take place in the first half of 2009. There are no further plans to integrate other technologies. As a truly open initiative, Google and any party willing to access and or make a contribution to the foundation is welcome to do so and can sign up at www.symbianfoundation.org.”
What do you think? Let us know in the comments below.
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July 29th, 2008 at 7:03 pm
Well… I just wish the rumors were true.
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July 29th, 2008 at 11:49 pm
I wish the rumors were true also. How nice would it be to have native google apps on the E71, like gcal, greader and gdocs
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July 30th, 2008 at 1:46 am
I remember when I asked from Nokia communications about the future of Series 80 platform (used by past communicators such as Nokia 9300i and 9500) several times during the spring 2006. At that time the Official Word was that Nokia is commmitted to it.
However, many sources close to Nokia already then insisted Nokia is going to dump S80 as a separate platform.
Then, at least six months later it was revealed in the Nokia World (2006) event to journalists Series 80 would be replaced by the next generation of S60 platform. Symbian platform would remain, but the UI would be changed and application support would end.
So when it comes to platform issues, I’d say the official word is not worth much.
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August 4th, 2008 at 7:54 am
Yea I really would like to see Google Apps fully available on the E and N Series. I’m a business owner with 60 staff and we have moved our IT system to Google Apps because of all the benefits. The only missing link right now is mobile / pda / smartphone availability / integration
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