Nokia Takes Control of Symbian

jpatokal writes "CNN reports: Nokia has bought out Psion's share of Symbian, pushing its stake in the mobile phone OS to a dominant 63%. This means rivals like Siemens and Samsung may now pretty much be forced to choose between proprietary Nokia or Microsoft technology. Symbian may be the more open of the two, but GPL it ain't - does Linux now have an edge?" We reported on a rumor to this effect late last year.

Comments

Gaming

[lake2112]

Oh thats great ... 63% of cell phones will now by N-Gage'd!!!

Re:Taking control of simian?

[Anonymous Coward]

I read at as Sybian.

Perhaps they're going to revamp the vibrator function of their cellphones afterall?!

The Enemy?

[slutdot]

So does this make Nokia the enemy now?

Re:The Enemy?

[OuD]

I think Nokia's track record has been OK so far. In my book it stands among the "likeable" corporations, like Toyota and Canon.

Yes, because in Finland we have this thing called "reilu meininki".

Re:Open != effectiveness

[Anonymous Coward]

You must be new here....

Oh, phew! I thought you meant Sybian!

[Amoeba Protozoa]

Funny, when I first read the posting I had an image of women on their new humming pleasure phones...One more place mobile phones probably don't belong.

-AP

Re:Taking control of simian?

[benjj]

Perhaps they're going to revamp the vibrator function of their cellphones afterall?!

like this? :-)

No, I'm New Here

[New Here]

No, I'm New Here

read the title wrong

[etothen]

Nokia takes control of Sybian?

Symbian is a cult

[Mr. Underbridge]

That damn Symbian Liberation Army is the group that brainwashed Patty Hearst. Don't be their next victim!!

Shrewd Move

[sbowles]

1. Buy Symbian
2. Force competition to either:
   • Pay for use of Symbian,
   • Use inferior M$ OS allowing Nokia to lead the "Feature War", or
   • Spend their R&D money developing their own OS putting them squarely behind the proverbial 8-ball.
3. ????
4. Profit!