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Nokia Taking Over Psion to Control Symbian?

Posted by Cliff on from the operating-system-power-plays dept.

securitas writes: "Reuters reports that Nokia is considering a takeover of Psion (mirror at Forbes), to gain control of the Symbian operating system. Psion is the second largest shareholder in Symbian with a 31.1 percent stake. Nokia holds 32.2 percent. The move is seen as a tactic to fight off Microsoft and dominate the lucrative and growing mobile phone software market. Symbian is currently owned by Ericsson, Nokia, Panasonic, Psion, Samsung Electronics, Siemens and Sony Ericsson. The report originates in the London newspaper, Business. What does this mean for the Symbian OS, which is currently an open OS?"

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  1. Sybian? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Sybian?

  2. Similar Story by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    AOL News is also running a story about this

    click here to read it

  3. Gartner: "Symbian will lose smartphone battle" by rkaa · · Score: 1, Redundant

    link[07-11-2003]