European Commission Cancels SYMBEOSE Initiative
After first being announced in November of last year as a last ditch effort to save Symbian following the failure of the Symbian Foundation to reach its stated goals, the European Commission’s SYMBEOSE initiative has been canceled without the intended 22 million euro loan changing hands. The SYMBEOSE consortium was intended to turn Symbian into […]
Nokia to Return to Symbian Development, Foundation Now Responsible for Licensing
Following last week’s announcement that the Symbian Foundation would receive funding to continue development under the SYMBEOSE consortium, the Symbian Foundation has announced that development of the smartphone platform will return under the direct control of Nokia beginning end of March 2011 under a different open source model than the one currently in use. The […]
Symbian Receives €22 Million Investment, Not Changing Name
Many in the mobile media have mis-reported today’s Symbian developments. Here’s what has happened, in a nutshell. Symbian over the past year has transitioned to being an open source foundation. However, in the process, it lost supporters such as Sony Ericsson. Nokia relies on Symbian to provide for their high-end handsets, as the company is […]