OS step closer to open source?
By Tom Krazit
Published: 3 December 2008 09:05 GMT
Nokia spent most of Tuesday buzzing about its N97 phone but it also quietly completed an important step in its plan to evolve as a mobile computing company.
Symbian announced that Nokia has formally completed the acquisition of the world's biggest smartphone operating system company. The companies announced their plans earlier this year to have Nokia buy out the remaining partners in Symbian with the ultimate goal of releasing the Symbian operating system under an open-source licence.
Devices such as the N97 run Symbian OS, which is by far and away the most widely used smartphone operating system in the world thanks to market-share leader Nokia's historically close ties with the developer.
Original article: Nokia completes Symbian acquisition from CNET News.com
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