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intomobile.com - 9/4/2008
Nokia buys out Samsung’s Symbian shares on road to Symbian Foundation
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Nokia’s road to establishing an open-source Symbian Foundation has just been cemented with Samsung’s reported acceptance of Nokia’s offer to buy-out Samsung’s shares in Symbian. Samsung is the last remaining share-holder in Symbian that stands between Nokia and their ...
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nokia.co.uk - 9/2/2008
Nokia UK - Nokia on the Web
— nokia.co.uk — You are here - Nokia UK Home Search Site search Home Buy online Find products Get support and software Explore services Music Store My Nokia Visit Nokia Music Store Visit Nokia Music Store Visit Nokia Music Store Buy now Nokia N96 £535.00 preorder ... (more) Nokia UK - Nokia on the Web

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eetimes.com - 9/3/2008
Samsung reportedly accepts Nokia's Symbian buyout offer
— eetimes.com — SAN FRANCISO— Nokia said Tuesday (Sept. 2) that Samsung Electronics has accepted an offer from the world's No. 1 mobile handset vendor to buy out its stake in software firm Symbian, according to a Reuters report. Samsung's acceptance of Nokia's ... (more) Samsung reportedly accepts Nokia's Symbian buyout offer

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slingcommunity.com - 9/10/2008
SlingPlayer 2.0, Symbian UIQ, PRO-HD & Catcher Pre-Orders, and more...
— slingcommunity.com — Well, this has been quite a busy day at Sling. When it rains it pours. First, SlingPlayer Mobile for Symbian UIQ has been released to the public - see the press release for all the details . The UIQ handsets that will support SlingPlayer Mobile at ... (more) SlingPlayer 2.0, Symbian UIQ, PRO-HD & Catcher ...

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Phones Review:  Samsung accepts Nokia Symbian buy-out offer

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Samsung accepts Nokia Symbian buy-out offer
Phones Review — ... Symbian Foundation plans. Now that Samsung has accepted, Nokia will own the rights of all Symbian code-base. This now sets up Nokia to hand over the code-base to the Symbian Foundation which means it will allow any and all developers to jump aboard the good ship Symbian. Nokia has stumped up a cool $410 million to buy out all Symbian shareholders, so one can be confidant Nokia will be backing Symbian for some time. Source – EETimes via Intomobile ...

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