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Symbian CEO: Android just another Linux platform
- wmf 19y agoSymbian is seriously threatened by Android; even if Android isn't very good some handset makers may switch to it simply to avoid Symbian licensing costs. AFAIK Symbian has no other business to fall back on.
- shayan 19y agothat is an interesting point and the way he stated his opinion and the timing of it sounds like he is a bit threatened as well
- michaelneale 19y agoAnd symbian is terrible?
- rglullis 19y agoWell, I am too tired to translate today, but I did write about the implications of an open platform like Android in a blog I write. (in portuguese: http://log4dev.com/2007/11/06/pc-20 http://log4dev.com/2007/11/06/pc-20). To sum up: I believe that Android, today, reminds of the idea of the IBM PC standard in the early '80s. Real innovation will only happen in mobile devices when developers have a more consistent platform and know that no one major player (say, Apple) controls everything.
- shayan 19y agobut isn't apple coming up with their iPhone SDK in the next coming months?
- brl 19y agoFamous last words.
- samwise 19y agoThis guy is an ass. As with all platforms developers will have the last word. Developers will usually choose the most open and widely used platform ie google
- mhb 19y agoOh. Symbian - not Sybian (http://www.sybian.com/ http://www.sybian.com/).
- jey 19y agoThe Apple II and IBM PC? Those are just yet another von Neumann platform. We won't have to worry about 'em.