Ever wanted to develop an opensource program or software for your Symbian OS powered smartphone, but found it nearly impossible because it wasn’t an opensource type of OS? Or are you feeling a bit left out becuase you can’t enjoy opensourced applications on your Symbian phone? Well, there’s good news in the horizon as it maybe going opensource next year.
The momentum to turn Symbian into an open source mobile operating system is strong, and developers can expect to see a preliminary version in the first half of 2009, said Lee Williams, nominated executive director of the Symbian Foundation.
In June, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) announced plans to purchase the remaining stock in Symbian and spin it into a royalty-free operating system under the Eclipse Public License. The goal was to harness the innovation of the open source environment to increase market share, as well as to attract application developers.
Go opensource!