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Recently we wrote about Sony-Ericsson abandoning the Symbian mobile phone platform in favor of Google's Android. Now, another major OEM has dropped the platform in favor Android, Bada, and Windows Phone 7.
With Samsung, Sony Ericsson, and even Nokia dropping support either partially in Nokia's case or completely in the Sony Ericsson and Samsung's case, the open source OS has a pretty shaky future. Currently, Symbian powers a huge number of dumbphones and many of the phones in Europe. It is currently the most popular mobile OS with 300,000 daily activations.
Stop by Rikki's Open Source Exchange for dispatches from the world of women in open source.
Rikki Kite examines the experience of women across the spectrum of open source – the people, projects, organizations, events, articles, issues, and news.
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