Nokia Considering Ditching Symbian For Open Source
Nokia doesn’t trust its Symbian mobile operating system any more and plans to equip many of its smartphones with the mostly open source Maemo operating system it uses in its Internet tablets, according to undisclosed Nokia sources speaking to the Financial Times in Germany. The Finnish company completed the acquisition of Symbian just four months ago. So guys, that was $ 373 million well spent, huh?
According to the Nokia source: “Symbian is much too cumbersome to keep up with modern operating systems. We have to react.” Nokia hasn’t provided an official response; a Nokia spokesman only said that they don’t comment on industry speculation. But this is clearly dynamite stuff.
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