Symbian 3 becomes open source on the Nokia handsets
The Symbian operating system was purchased in 2008 by Nokia. The system is used by most of its phones, is now open and freely available. The goal behind this is to increase the terminal running this OS and offer the possibility for developers to modify and evolve.
Less than a year after its acquisition by Nokia, Symbian password then a proprietary system to an open source version and then its free now. By the way Google and its Android platform, the Symbian Foundation now allows any company or developer to get the free OS (Operating System) to equip their terminals while modifying their will.
According to the Symbian Foundation, the Symbian operating system powers more than 330 million mobile phones in the world. Opening the source code (the development kit is available on the website of the foundation) is expected to expand the number of devices running this OS smartphones, tablets, netbooks, etc..
Note that the version proposed in the open source Symbian ^ 3 (pronounced simply Symbian 3).The first mobile equipped with this version should be marketed within a few months, while the Symbian version will come ^ 4 from 2011.
The Symbian Foundation estimates that one hundred million devices equipped with Symbian will be sold in 2010 and two hundred million in 2011.
