I was intrigued last week by the lack of coverage and interest that the news that Symbian is now open source got….
The Symbian Foundation announced that the OS itself would be provided free and made completely open source.
Whilst Symbian is the number 1 operating system in the world residing on over 300 million handsets few consumers are even aware that their device is using Symbian. Most associate it with Nokia.
So what does this really mean for the mobile industry? With handset vendors slowly realising that software is the difference in mobile devices it leaves them in a whole world of choice. With Android, Symbian, Linux, Windows Mobile and their own creations where do vendors like Samsung and LG place their investments? Thinking about Windows Mobile – will this move force Microsoft to change it’s licensing model?
Interesting times!
You can read the Symbian Foundation Press Release HERE
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I saw this great guide over on Gizmodo which takes about how to backup your Smartphone device.
Whether you own an iPhone, Palm Pre, Android, Symbian or Windows Mobile device it’s a useful reference for the options that exist!
Check it out HERE
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Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Symbian, Windows Mobile
If you are using a Windows Mobile or Nokia device then you might want to check out the latest Beta from Opera that provides an enhanced browsing experience.
You can get the download from HERE
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Symbian, Windows Mobile
In the ongoing battle of the web browser Opera have just updated their Opera Mini Beta.
Available for Blackberry and Java enabled phones you can get it from m.opera.com/next, using your phone’s default Web browser or download to your computer. And it is completely free.
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Blackberry, Symbian
Microsoft and Nokia today announced an Alliance around the needs of Enterprise customers.
They are focussing on delivering Microsoft Office on Nokia devices as well as providing integration with Sharepoint and System Center for Nokia devices.
During the call both organisations re-iterated their commitment to their relevant platforms (Symbian and Windows Mobile)
Interesting times ahead !!!!
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Symbian, Windows Mobile
With the release of the Windows Mobile device client for Facebook I thought it’d be interesting to take a look at the respective client use for each mobile platform.
Looking at Facebook’s mobile help page there are 5 other clients available – iPhone, Blackberry, Palm, INQ and Sony Ericsson X1 Panels.
I haven’t included the mobile browser access at http://m.facebook.com
The respective usage (monthly active users) was as follows:
iPhone – 7,428,018
Blackberry – 5,333,699
Palm – 171,628
INQ – 26,844
For some reason Sony Ericsson was showing as zero so I didn’t include it.
From the client usage it looks like it’s iPhone vs Blackberry 
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Applications, Blackberry, iPhone, Symbian, Windows Mobile
At CTIA last week the Symbian Foundation launched it’s new web site and also unveiled it’s new logo (shown above)
I remember drawing that 3D font when at school (and according to the Symbian Blog the actual logo was drawn by hand and scanned in)
The reaction to the logo has prompted lots of reaction but was designed to showcase openness and freedom.
At launch 81 organisations have applied for membership.
It’ll be interesting how Symbian fares in the ever-changing mobile industry.
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