February 4th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Symbian | No Comments »
Months ago, Nokia formed the Symbian Foundation to house the Symbian OS and make it an Open Source OS. Today, four months earlier than expected, the sourcecode has been put online.
By releasing the code four months before its due date, Symbian proves its maturity to the community and shows it is ready to compete with Android and iPhone. Also, the foundation announced it will involve more partners in development. By 2011, Nokia should be involved with 50% of the development or less.
Symbian also made a comparison to the other big Open Source OS; Android. The foundation states that only one third of that OS is Open Source as the other part is property of other companies. Symbian however is 100% open and that should increase the possibilities for Application and Game Developers on the platform.
