ESPOO, Finland – Switching from a hardware manufacturer to one that doesn’t just “do” software and services, but leads the way with them, takes some doing. Rapid innovation, constant reinvention and a fearless quest for the future all sound good, but what’s the reality like?
ESPOO, Finland – I found some pretty interesting stories out there today. One serves as a entry into the discussion around the Symbian Foundation announcement on Tuesday. Three stories are around designing products and services that make our world safer and more sustainable. And then, I’ve added a little note on how you can send us some links of stories that you find interesting.
So, what are we waiting for? Read on…
LONDON, England - Earlier today we caught up with Lee Williams, who heads up S60. Given the scale of the news about Symbian (we’re still in shock, but in a good way) it was a brilliant opportunity for us to get some insight from one of those most deeply involved. As head of S60 Lee is hugely positive about the move, how it’ll impact Nokia and the industry as a whole. Lee also knows and understands how the Foundation is going to work, both relative to Nokia and in and of itself. Full video after the jump…
ESPOO, Finland – It’s been a busy week or two here at Nokia Conversations. We had a big device launch last Monday, Nokia bought the amazing Plazes yesterday, and today there’s the big news about Symbian. But, that’s not really what I want to talk about here. Really, all because there’s so much big news, it doesn’t mean that nothing else is going on.
GLOBAL – Nokia today announced the creation of the Symbian Foundation, but what is it exactly, and what does it mean for the rest of us? The Foundation has the backing of key industry players including Sony Ericsson, Motorola, Samsung, networks including DOCOMO and Vodafone and chip makers ST Microelectronics and Texas Instruments. By making the Symbian Platform fully open source, it means anyone can develop for it, there’ll be a single, unified operating system for mobile phones and rapid innovation of services and software.
GLOBAL – Nokia today announced a plan to acquire the 52 per cent of Symbian it doesn’t already own and set up the Symbian Foundation, making the platform open source in the process. The ambition is to create “the most attractive platform for mobile innovation and drive the development of new and compelling web-enabled applications” Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo.
ESPOO, Finland – Picked up on a few items today. I’m supposed to be on mid-sumer holiday, but came across a few particularly interesting bits that I thought I should share.
BARCELONA, Spain This year’s S60 Summit kicked off in Barcelona yesterday. The two-day event is laser-focussed on exploring future trends and visions for Nokia’s global S60 software platform, and promises a sprinkle of extra spice with a bunch of exciting announcements.
USA – According to Niklas Savander, executive vice president of services and software at Nokia, Google Android isn’t yet ready for Nokia to make an assessment on. “A platform has three to four million lines of code” Savander told SFGate.com. “When Android has that many lines, we’ll make an assessment. Until then it’s just an announcement”.
TEXAS, USA – Over the past year there’s been a seismic shift in the way smartphones are used.
According to a new report from Handango, the world’s leading smartphone content provider, entertainment content has leapfrogged from third place into the top slot as the leading category, usurping business and productivity apps.
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