{"id":657294,"date":"2010-02-04T21:48:43","date_gmt":"2010-02-05T02:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/symbian-the-worlds-most-widely-used-smartphone-platform-is-now-open-source\/14082\/"},"modified":"2010-02-04T21:48:43","modified_gmt":"2010-02-05T02:48:43","slug":"symbian-the-world%e2%80%99s-most-widely-used-smartphone-platform-is-now-open-source","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/657294","title":{"rendered":"Symbian, the world\u2019s most widely used smartphone platform, is now open source"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gizmag.com\/pictures\/hero\/symbian-open-source.jpg?w=780\" alt=\"The Symbian platform is now open source and ready for developers\"><\/p>\n<p>When Nokia acquired the former Symbian Software Limited in 2008 a new independent non-profit organization called the Symbian Foundation was established. One of its main goals was to create the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/symbian\/\" >Symbian<\/a> platform used on more than 330 million mobile phones worldwide as a royalty-free, open source software. Now, less than two full years later and four months ahead of schedule that goal has become a reality with the foundation announcing the completed open source release of the Symbian platform source code&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/nokia\/\" rel=\"tag\">Nokia<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/open+source\/\" rel=\"tag\">Open Source<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/smartphone\/\" rel=\"tag\">Smartphone<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/software\/\" rel=\"tag\">Software<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/symbian\/\" rel=\"tag\">Symbian<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Related Articles:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/sony-ericsson-p1i-smartphone\/8445\/\">Sony Ericsson P1i smartphone<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/go\/2342\/\">Smartphone emerging as main mobile technology platform<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/flash-player-101-for-smartphones\/13042\/\">Flash 10.1 coming to Windows Mobile, Palm Pre, BlackBerry, Android and Symbian<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/mobile-spy-software-now-for-iphone-3g\/10584\/\">Mobile Spy software now for iPhone 3G<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/go\/3393\/\">Convert and watch DVDs on your mobile\/pocket PC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/recently-on-the-mobiler\/11856\/\">Recently on The Mobiler<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/z01O3-1ziT5W8YA4i2LySyVB2Uw\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/z01O3-1ziT5W8YA4i2LySyVB2Uw\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/z01O3-1ziT5W8YA4i2LySyVB2Uw\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/z01O3-1ziT5W8YA4i2LySyVB2Uw\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=07CCYkLJNhE:9ZI44qj0Y0w:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=07CCYkLJNhE:9ZI44qj0Y0w:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=07CCYkLJNhE:9ZI44qj0Y0w:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=07CCYkLJNhE:9ZI44qj0Y0w:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=07CCYkLJNhE:9ZI44qj0Y0w:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=07CCYkLJNhE:9ZI44qj0Y0w:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=07CCYkLJNhE:9ZI44qj0Y0w:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine\/~4\/07CCYkLJNhE\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Nokia acquired the former Symbian Software Limited in 2008 a new independent non-profit organization called the Symbian Foundation was established. One of its main goals was to create the Symbian platform used on more than 330 million mobile phones worldwide as a royalty-free, open source software. 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