Nokia Buys Symbian, forms Symbian Foundation
News just in yesterday.
- Report at Reuters.
- Symbian Foundation website.
There’s a pie chart in yesterday’s FT showing smartphone operating system market share. Here it is again via Google’s Chart API.
Nokia intends to open source all of the Symbian code by 2010. This will include S60, UIQ, and MOAP.
Earlier this month the EU approved Nokia’s buying Trolltech (Reuters).