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As Symbian Foundation announces changes, a new era of Symbian development and innovation begins
Espoo, Finland - Following an announcement by the board of the Symbian Foundation that it will be transitioning from its current operational activities to become a licensing operation only, Nokia today reaffirmed its commitment to the Symbian platform. Nokia plans to continue to invest its own resources in developing Symbian, the world's most widely used smartphone platform, and expects to deliver a strong portfolio of Symbian-based smartphones to people around the world.
"The future of Symbian as a platform does not depend on the existence of the foundation," said Jo Harlow, Senior Vice President, Smartphones, Nokia. "The changes announced by the foundation have no impact on Nokia's Symbian device roadmaps or shipping commitments. The platform powers hundreds of millions of smartphones - including our own - and we expect to deliver ongoing support and innovation benefitting the Symbian ecosystem in the future."
Nokia's recent decision to focus on Qt as its sole application development framework is expected to bring greater efficiency and speed of evolution to the Symbian platform. This approach is aimed at ensuring compatibility for apps with future Symbian platform versions, and enables more frequent updates and upgrades for Nokia smartphones. To take advantage of this ever-growing opportunity, developers can find the tools and support they need through Forum Nokia, and global distribution to Nokia's broad base of smartphones through Ovi Store.
Nokia is the volume market leader in smartphones and the company's commitment to the Symbian platform is unchanged. Nokia smartphones based on the new Symbian platform include the Nokia N8, Nokia C7 and the new Nokia C6-01 which are available now, as well as the upcoming Nokia E7 which is expected to ship before the end of 2010. Nokia expects to sell more than 50 million Symbian^3-based devices.
Nokia at Symbian Exchange and Exposition 2010
Nokia will exhibit and demonstrate its portfolio of Symbian-based smartphones at the annual Symbian Exchange and Exposition (SEE) 2010 event in Amsterdam, Netherlands November 9-10. Nokia's Jo Harlow will deliver a keynote address on Tuesday, November 9 at approximately 10:15am CET. For more information on the event, which is hosted for the Symbian community and free to attend, visit
http://www.see2010.org/.
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Posted: 2010-11-08 21:19:59
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From reading recent reviews I get the impression Symbian is still not quite there yet with with Symbian^3. Why can't they dip their toes into Android everyone else is. If they don't improve it further it surely won't be top by next year it will be Android
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Posted: 2010-11-08 23:30:11
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Android's current market percentage is tiny compared to Symbian.
I doubt this time next year Android will have taken much more ground from Symbian. In fact, since more phones are likely to come preinstalled with Symbian, its more likely Android will lose more market percentage rather than gain.
Nokia can churn out quality Symbian handsets at an impressive rate.
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Posted: 2010-11-08 23:44:53
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Yes they churn them out fast
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Posted: 2010-11-09 00:12:56
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are you sure of that Etaab? Considering how much growth Android has made in just 2010? Highly doubt it will lose any share,if it does it will be due to iOS OR WP7, even networks are making their own Android phones now, not to mention all the manufacturers, we are talking HTC, SAMSUNG, Motorola, LG, SE, DELL, ACER, etc... vs. Nokia, lets get real here.
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Posted: 2010-11-09 00:18:53
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It's clearly seen that Nokia won't jump into the Android wagon. Yet we have much more to see what S^3 will bring to us. The S^3 is a young version of this old OS.
I suppose that their new phones will offer a lot more than what they're offering right now(N8 and E7).
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Posted: 2010-11-09 13:00:23
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as single company cannot keep the symbian top on the market for long time. There's no point in comparing the shares. Just look at the growth rate between symbian and android. Also symbian surviving for ages without any much ground breaking improvements.
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Posted: 2010-11-09 14:26:48
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2011 will be Symbian's year..
Nokia are investing big in this and getting it all right so far..
Pure QT all the way.. Ovi Store getting more attention than ever.. Very good marketing so far..
And yes, if Nokia is to hold their one third of the smartphone market share and add to it the East Asian market dominance, Symbian will stay top!
No need for Motorolla, SE, or Samsung!
But it's not the market share what matters at teh moment actually.. Both Android and Symbian are the leaders now.. Neither of them would vanish nor dominate! At least for the coming two years..
The real battle/tough choice is to determine which OS is technically better!
Right now, Android has the better UI and more support, Symbian the better and more developed with superior functions.
In case the coming upgrades early 2011 make Symbian at least par with Android concerning the UI's functionality, then it will be a clear winner..
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Posted: 2010-11-09 18:13:04
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On 2010-11-08 23:30:11, Bonovox wrote:
From reading recent reviews I get the impression Symbian is still not quite there yet with with Symbian^3. Why can't they dip their toes into Android everyone else is.
First of all, Nokia have the Ovi Store they hugely invested in and still doing so!
This alone should make rule Android out.
Another thing, those poor reviews you're coming across are more concerned to deliver what the public wants to know rather than what it needs to! Otherwise, they'd end up with some poor audience..
No one dares to go agaisnt the flow!
It's a fact that Symbian is more efficient, and more capable than Android at the moment..
But who dares to mention it..
Everyone just mentions the flashy UI and the 100k apps at the Android Market compared to the dated UI of Symbian.
Because simply this is what satisfies the public to read!
More than 90% wouldn't care less about knwoing what's running beneath that UI or what different functions does each OS offer..
They just want to listen and read what they're getting in the media again and again..
As stupid as it sounds, it's the reality..
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Posted: 2010-11-09 18:31:17
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If Symbian is so much more functional and effecient then Nokia should make that part of their mdrketing campaign and highlight exactly what these superior functions in Symbian are as nobody seems to be able to.
Going against the flow is exactly what got the iPhone where it is now.
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Posted: 2010-11-09 19:32:43
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