Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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Nokia, Intel developing oFono Linux-based OS for GSM phones
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| Despite the unquestionable success of the S60 platform, Nokia apparently
| isn’t ready to settle with just one OS for all of its devices as word is that
| they’re preparing a new mobile OS in collaboration with Intel. Called oFono,
| this new Linux-based mobile platform is for GSM phones ruling out any
| speculation that it’s for a Nokia netbook
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http://www.pmptoday.com/2009/05/15/nokia-intel-developing-ofono-linux-based-os-for-gsm-phones/
http://discussion.forum.nokia.com/forum/showthread.php?t=147587
Qt Labs is building an S60 backend for Qt.
S60 will be the layer between Qt and Symbian OS.
So a developer can build his app for Qt and expect it to run on Symbian,
(which has the largest share of smartphones nowadays) and oFono Linux.
There is a Mac OS backend for Qt, and iPhone OS is supposed to be
similar to Mac OS, so can a Qt for iPhone OS be far away?
There is a Windows CE backend for Qt.
Of course, apps built for Qt can run on desktop Windows, Mac OS, and Linux.
So a developer can use Qt to target most smartphones, netbooks, and
nearly all notebooks, and desktops from the same code base. Not only
/can/ he target all platforms, he will have to do so in order to compete.
I don't know why we couldn't expect Qt backends for Blackberry and
Android eventually.
But getting back to the question of whether Nokia is ditching Symbian, I
would have to say yes. Nokia is going with Qt, and cross-platform
development favors the minority OSes, all else being equal---although I
expect it will be a fairly long process for Nokia to replace Symbian
with Linux.
Sybase Befriends Samsung, Symbian, Amazon
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| With the adoption of this open source client, Sybase iAnywhere said it added
| support fo over a billion phones including numerous Nokia devices and Symbian
| phones.
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http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article.php/3820476/Sybase+Befriends+Samsung+Symbian+Amazon.htm
Recent:
Nokia Nautilus and MID Linux handsets due soon
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| Then there is the Nokia Nautilus smartphone, again a slide out QWERTY
| smartphone with touch-screen with a sensor that extends the slider keyboard
| and is expected in 2010.
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http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2009/04/12/nokia-nautilus-and-mid-linux-handsets-due-soon/
Nokia prepping tablets, netbook, touchscreen phones?
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| It is unclear which, if any, of the Nokia devices will run Linux, but both
| the netbook and the new Internet Tablet, which TheStreet says will offer a
| 4.2-inch touchscreen and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, appear to be likely
| candidates. In fact, Nokia's existing Maemo Linux-based N810 Internet Tablet
| (pictured at top) already fits the above description.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4862947030.html?kc=rss
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