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The Future of Symbian

Posted by Hemos on from the where-do-we-go-now dept.

S3D writes "On 18 May 2004, Symbian, owner of the OS for high-end smartphones announced the formal launch of the Symbian Signed initiative for digitally signing and certifying Symbian applications that meet a set of test criteria. Gartner believes that Symbian Signed, in its current form, is a weak certification program oriented largely toward the needs of application publishers and network operators and may be inconvinient for developers. "

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  1. I didn't know that..... by i_want_you_to_throw_ · · Score: -1, Troll

    this thing used an OS... What? I forgot the "M"? How about a big O?

    1. Re:I didn't know that..... by REBloomfield · · Score: 0, Troll

      Problem is, this is what I think of anytime I read *anything* about Symbian......

    2. Re:I didn't know that..... by Improv · · Score: 0, Troll

      Like everyone else, I also immediately thought of the vibrator. Oy. Geek minds think alike.

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  2. sybian by JeremyALogan · · Score: 0, Troll

    when I first saw this article (out of the corner of my eye) I thought it was talking about these and I was thinking to myself "now THAT'S 'News For Nerds'"

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