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AT&T Hopes for Single Smartphone OS (PC World) by PC World: Yahoo! Tech
- AT hopes to standardize on a single operating system for AT smartphones as part of a "dramatic consolidation" of its mobile platforms over the next few years, a company executive said Thursday. The mobile operator believes smartphones will make up the largest portion of devices connecting to ...
Fennec (Mobile Firefox) for Symbian
christiansejersen.com — Today we (Mozilla) are focusing our efforts in mobile on Linux and Windows Mobile devices. In Q3... 2008 Symbian had 49.8% of the total smartphone sales (and 57% in Q2) according to Gartner compared to 11.1% for Windows Mobile and 7.2% for Linux. There ... (more) Fennec (Mobile Firefox) for Symbian
Nokia N85 NAM Now Shipping | Symbian
Nokia N85 NAM Now Shipping | Symbian
symbian-guru.com — We alerted you to the pre-order options from both Amazon.com and Nokiausa.com a while back for the... North American version of the N85, which features tri-band 3G (850/1900/2100MHz). At that time, we were unsure of a shipping date for this awesome ... (more) Nokia N85 NAM Now Shipping | Symbian
HOT: Next Nokia Full Touchscreen Device Leaked!!!
HOT: Next Nokia Full Touchscreen Device Leaked!!!
symbian-freak.com — Wow, wow, wow, here it is, another hot Nokia leak! Although Nokia has managed to hide the... N97 from the public before its official release but promo poster of their next touch based device just appeared on the net and the endless saga of leaking ... (more) HOT: Next Nokia Full Touchscreen Device Leaked!!!
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AT&T Eventually Wants All Its Smartphones Running the Same OS [At&t]
Gizmodo — ... As for which OS would be chosen, the location of the announcement and mentions of a preference for an "open" platform are all we have to go on. I could imagine this raising a few eyebrows around the industry, so don't be surprised to see some kind of clarification issued in the next few days. [Yahoo] ...

AT&T Wants All Its Smartphones Running the Same OS, Eventually [At&t]
Gizmodo — ... As for which OS would be chosen, the location of the announcement and mentions of a preference for an "open" platform are all we have to go on. I could imagine these statements raising a few eyebrows around the industry, so don't be surprised to see some kind of clarification issued in the next few days. [Yahoo] ...

AT&T Is Pitching a Single Smartphone Platform
Phone Scoop - Latest News — ... number of systems its support personnel will need to understand, as well as help it focus on application development for a single platform rather than many. The AT representative who made the remarks suggested that Symbian is the best candidate to be its smartphone platform of choice. The consolidation does not mean AT would get rid of the iPhone, which it considers to be a third-party platform that is supported by Apple. AT hopes to complete the platform consolidation by 2014. more info at Yahoo News / PCWorld ...

AT&T wants a single smartphone platform on its network; I wanna fly
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — ... matter without BlackBerrys and some HTC devices in their portfolio. Not to mention all the Android devices we’ll certainly see unveiled during next year. Is AT&T ready to dump such big portion of the smartphone market? Or all they want is simply to outsource support to the manufacturers? It’s hard to say at this stage, but it’s a good thing they’re thinking about the future, no matter how weird their ideas are. Check out the full article on Yahoo News (from PC World). Related News from ...

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allaboutsymbian.com 10/24/2008 — Last 100 Live Updates and its over. Stay tuned to the site, we've got lots of content on the way. Might need some sleep first. @ 19:06 - Wednesday 22nd October Q: How do you stop the committies slowing the process? A: Design of committies, majority ...
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Samsung's Newest Smartphone Based On the S60 and Symbian OS
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  Despite trundling out a brand new flagship N Series Symbian handset, the N97 , Nokia is looking at a different kind of phone software platform for future high-end smartphones. Nokia VP Ukko Lappalainen told an interviewer at the the Nokia ...
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Nokia sees weaker markets in Q4, 2009 (Reuters)Yahoo! News: Personal Technology 12/4/2008
Reuters - Sales of mobile phones will shrink faster than expected as consumers are cutting spending, the world's top mobile phone maker Nokia said on Thursday in its second warning in three weeks.
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