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Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Will RIM switch to Symbian OS?
Nomura Holdings is clearly completely guessing as of now. That RIM needs a more powerful platform for applications is more obvious.
If it was true it would have interesting implications, as the more obvious choices would be Linux for the OS and CDC/PP for the application environment, as RIM is already using a "MIDP+" environment for after-market applications, and the RIM developer community should consequently be more Java focused than C/C++ focused.
Quote: Symbian accounted for about 71 percent of worldwide smartphone shipments in the second quarter of 2006 and serves the consumer market well," Kort notes. "Microsoft, Palm, and RIM each accounted for only about 3 percent of smartphone shipments in the second quarter, with Linux accounting for the remaining 19 percent."
Then why do so many claim Windows Mobile and BlackBerry phones are used much? Because Microsoft and RIM have more marketing dollars?
Most Symbian OS phones are using the Series 60 platform and runs on high-end, yet mass market, phones from Nokia.
Unstrung - RIM to Go Symbian? - Wireless Networking News Analysis
If it was true it would have interesting implications, as the more obvious choices would be Linux for the OS and CDC/PP for the application environment, as RIM is already using a "MIDP+" environment for after-market applications, and the RIM developer community should consequently be more Java focused than C/C++ focused.
Quote: Symbian accounted for about 71 percent of worldwide smartphone shipments in the second quarter of 2006 and serves the consumer market well," Kort notes. "Microsoft, Palm, and RIM each accounted for only about 3 percent of smartphone shipments in the second quarter, with Linux accounting for the remaining 19 percent."
Then why do so many claim Windows Mobile and BlackBerry phones are used much? Because Microsoft and RIM have more marketing dollars?
Most Symbian OS phones are using the Series 60 platform and runs on high-end, yet mass market, phones from Nokia.
Unstrung - RIM to Go Symbian? - Wireless Networking News Analysis
