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Inside Symbian: the Platform Nokia Secretly Hates

Posted by Hemos on from the i-love-you-but-i-hate-you dept.

DECS writes "The Symbian OS runs the majority of todays smartphones, and is generally regarded as a solid platform. All is not well behind the scenes however. Here's why Apple ported its own OS X to the ARM architecture for the iPhone, why Motorola left Symbian for Linux, and why Nokia executives secretly regard Symbian with contempt. An inside look from Symbian developers: Readers Write About Symbian, OS X and the iPhone."

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  1. What's this about a Sybian? by jizziknight · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Oooohhhh.... SyMbian. My bad.

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  2. Re:Help kill twofo by Trendy.Ideology · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I want you to die for reposting this in every new article.

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