Nokia buys Samsung's Symbian share - bit-tech.net Forums

CardJoe · 4th Sep 2008, 08:52

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/09...ymbian-share/1

Finnish mobile giant Nokia has purchased Samsung's share of the Symbian mobile platform rights for $410 million as part of a plan to release it under an open-source licence.

B3CK · 4th Sep 2008, 08:56

So are we going to start to see phones we can choose what os runs on it? So for example, the next smart phone instead of using a hack to open the phone, you can just install the os you want?
Wouldn't that create compition, and by that I mean better for the consumer?

Paradigm Shifter · 4th Sep 2008, 09:52

OS agnostic phones would be great.

But a support nightmare.

liratheal · 4th Sep 2008, 10:04

Plan B: Google buys Nokia.

Then it's just Androbian and those Linux fans :B

antiHero · 4th Sep 2008, 11:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by liratheal

Plan B: Google buys Nokia.

Then it's just Androbian and those Linux fans :B

Not gone happen! Nokia has way to much money, plus it would be stupid to kill of an open source program

docodine · 4th Sep 2008, 12:57

I only wish that Nokia phone prices weren't so astronomically high here in the states, and that there are more announced Andriod phones. I really don't want to buy an iPhone 3g.

Primoz · 4th Sep 2008, 17:56

Nokia is supposedly quiting the modile phone market in a few years. That being the actual devices. They are supposedly going to concentrate only on software. A shame if you ask me. I've had a symbian phone (6120 c) for about a year now and i love it. I'm not going back to a feature phone, ever.

Gizmo1990 · 4th Sep 2008, 21:35

Pahahahaa!! Goggle buy Nokia, that's a good one! How about Nokia buying Google, that's more likely.
Seriously people (usually iphone owners) need to educate themselves more, Nokia is absolutely floating with money. This move is designed to strengthen Nokia's grip on the mobile market, simple really.

And Nokia quitting the mobile market!? Wha wha what? Goodness knows where or who you heard that from but it sounds very false.

r4tch3t · 4th Sep 2008, 23:00

An OS on a phone bah, never needed to, as long as it texts and calls it's fine.

Gareth Halfacree · 5th Sep 2008, 06:40

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Originally Posted by r4tch3t

An OS on a phone bah, never needed to, as long as it texts and calls it's fine.

Eeerm... And how exactly are you going to make calls and send texts without an operating system?

You do realise that every single 'phone, from the most basic Nokia brick to the iPhone, has an OS - right?

r4tch3t · 5th Sep 2008, 06:43

Yes I do, but they don't have a sophisticated OS, just a basic one. I doubt my phone has something like Symbian on it.

Paradigm Shifter · 5th Sep 2008, 13:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by r4tch3t

Yes I do, but they don't have a sophisticated OS, just a basic one. I doubt my phone has something like Symbian on it.

What make of phone is it?

4th Sep 2008, 08:52	#1
CardJoe Player Character bit-tech Staff Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 7,940	Nokia buys Samsung's Symbian share http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/09...ymbian-share/1 Finnish mobile giant Nokia has purchased Samsung's share of the Symbian mobile platform rights for $410 million as part of a plan to release it under an open-source licence. __________________ this is joe's non-bit-tech blog

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B3CK Supermodder Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 349	So are we going to start to see phones we can choose what os runs on it? So for example, the next smart phone instead of using a hack to open the phone, you can just install the os you want? Wouldn't that create compition, and by that I mean better for the consumer? __________________ "God loves stupid people, that is why he made so many of them." My best friend at M$ Tech support.

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docodine Ultramodder Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,493	I only wish that Nokia phone prices weren't so astronomically high here in the states, and that there are more announced Andriod phones. I really don't want to buy an iPhone 3g. __________________ Armagetron Advanced! ~~[ Cooler Master Elite 310 \| Intel E5200 \| Zotac 9600GT \| broken MSI G31 mobo \| Corsair 2x2GB DDR2-667 ]~~

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r4tch3t hmmmm.... Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New Zealand Posts: 2,882	An OS on a phone bah, never needed to, as long as it texts and calls it's fine. __________________ Fight my Brute The quantum limit of reality might be scaled up because we're all holograms. Obviously. Once more we see that sufficiently advanced physics is indistinguishable from getting really stoned. From here

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Paradigm Shifter Lethargic Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,210	OS agnostic phones would be great. But a support nightmare.

4th Sep 2008, 17:56	#7
Primoz Minimodder Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 40	Nokia is supposedly quiting the modile phone market in a few years. That being the actual devices. They are supposedly going to concentrate only on software. A shame if you ask me. I've had a symbian phone (6120 c) for about a year now and i love it. I'm not going back to a feature phone, ever.

4th Sep 2008, 21:35	#8
Gizmo1990 Multimodder Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: UK Posts: 83	Pahahahaa!! Goggle buy Nokia, that's a good one! How about Nokia buying Google, that's more likely. Seriously people (usually iphone owners) need to educate themselves more, Nokia is absolutely floating with money. This move is designed to strengthen Nokia's grip on the mobile market, simple really. And Nokia quitting the mobile market!? Wha wha what? Goodness knows where or who you heard that from but it sounds very false.

5th Sep 2008, 06:43	#11
r4tch3t hmmmm.... Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New Zealand Posts: 2,882	Yes I do, but they don't have a sophisticated OS, just a basic one. I doubt my phone has something like Symbian on it. __________________ Fight my Brute The quantum limit of reality might be scaled up because we're all holograms. Obviously. Once more we see that sufficiently advanced physics is indistinguishable from getting really stoned. From here