Nokia Symbian and iPhone
Posted June 24th, 2008 by UmeshUnstrung is reporting that Nokia is acquiring 100% of Symbian and spinnig it off as Foundation with some very powerful members.
http://www.unstrung.com/document.asp?doc_id=157372
As a technology enthusiast I have always been divided on iPhone. I loved its style, look and feel. However, I never liked the fact that iPhone is closed platform where Apple has taken efforts to make sure nobody can write their own applications. Com’on iPhone is a smart phone with a smart operating system. The operating systems are written to provide platform for independent application development and Apple is strong arming these developers.
The foundation approach if executed properly will provide Nokia with a completely open platform (Nokia’s platform is already a lot more open then the Apple platform). If Nokia executes its plan well, they maybe able to engage large community to significantly improve the platform style and capability. So in all it looks like we will have 5 mobile platforms for smart phones.
- LIMO
- Symbian
- Windows Mobile
- Android
- iPhone
Out of these LIMO, Symbian and Android will be open source, Windows mobile will be closed source but will be completely open for application development. The only closed (and yes even with SDK, it is pretty closed platform) will be iPhone. So Steve Jobs is going from being a cult hero to cult killer?
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