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Kind of old news this past week, but: “Mobile leaders to unify the Symbian software platform and set the future of mobile free” … but I wanted to post about the deal that was announced not too long ago … because it will be very important to the evolving mobile device platform playing field (IMHO).

If you had not heard, Nokia is buying up the rest of Symbian (they were already previously a 48% share holder in the company, BTW), and in the same move making Symbian open source (under the royalty free Eclipse Public License) under a “Symbian Foundation” of companies (currently) including: AT&T, broadcom, digia, NTT Docomo, EA mobile, ericsson, freescale, fujitsu, LG, Motorola, Nokia, Orange, plusmo, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, ST, Symbian, Teleca, Texas Instruments, T-Mobile, vodafone, wipro, (and no doubt others to be announced at a later date).

If you don’t know who Symbian is, check out this whitepaper for a good intro.

They are the largest mobile smartphone mobile operating system company worldwide. Popular Symbian platforms include S60, UIQ, MOAPS, and other variant platforms that utilize the Symbian OS … and mobile “players” such as Nokia, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, and NTT Docomo; use Symbian on their respective (mobile) devices.

So, from this deal we can a.) expect somewhat cheaper devices in the future (costs around $4 for Symbian to be on most devices for manufacturers), b.) support cost issues to increase (open source will lead to more variations of Symbian OS), c.) more compelling applications will be built, and faster innovation may be possible within the marketplace d.) things to get more exciting between Android, iPhone, Symbian, Windows Mobile, and others.

I was reading an article in Nokia) doing this? This sums it up:

“We want to make this the most widely used software platform on the planet.” - John Forsyth (Symbian VP for Strategy)

Essentially, Nokia et. al, is taking steps to combat Microsoft (Windows Mobile - proprietary), Google (Android - open source), and Apple (iPhone - proprietary) and opening the platform is one step they are taking to compete most effectively between all these players.

Symbian is at a reported 67% market share globally, with only 10% in US (RIM, Windows Mobile, and now iPhone make up the bulk). Also, only Symbian currently only does 6% share on low-end devices (Symbian runs best on high-end smartphone devices).

Nokia has basically said; here is an OS for the development community, including a user interface, and addressable low level code; “now go to town”.

How will it play out? Not sure!

Expect to hear more next year (2009), when Symbian will ship to OEMs, and they consequently certify their devices prior to rollout.

Luckily, Google is stepping forth first with their alliance and Android *first*, so perhaps this will act as a precursor to what the Symbian Foundation will face in the coming year. We’ll see!

You can get more information over at: www.symbianfoundation.org

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Mark Doherty (Adobe), had a recent post on what this may mean (theoretically) in the future in terms of Adobe and Flash within the Symbian Foundation (in his words).

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SE was going to announce two smartphones, codenamed Paris and Bei Bei. They’ve permanently killed off this plan. The Sony Ericsson P5i and Sony Ericsson G702 have had some hype going for it in tech blogs. The company, however, decided the designs just wouldn’t do in the current industry climate. The features of the phones will not be up to par to current offerings and SE fears the rather bland design will not do well at all in the market.

Sony Ericsson is seriously becoming a Motorola when it comes to handset design. The distinctive SE design has become stale in my opinion. One bright light is the rumored PSP-like gaming phone. If SE can make it work, may be able to keep their illustrious place in the cellphone industry.
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The newest Guide to Greener Electronics by Greenpeace was once again topped by Sony Ericsson. This is the 8th edition of the list. Nokia, which used to take top position when this list began, is now lagging in second place, but it’s not like the Finnish giant doesn’t know humility. What’s curious about this new list is that manufacturers overall have dropped on their ratings. Last time SE was top they were number they had a 7.7 rating but now it’s down to 5.1.

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Bill updated his ongoing Flash Enabled Handset spreadsheet (PDF).

Current #’s of Flash enabled handsets as of June 25, 2008 are:

85 Nokia
71 Sony Ericsson
13 Verizon
149 NTT DoCoMo
110 KDDI
and 60 Softbank handsets.

All the info is in the PDF.

Report all discrepancies and updates to Bill via his blog.

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Ever wonder how phones get their names? There are two schools of thought in product marketing. The first is to come up with simple “consumer names” for products such as “Tiger” or “Leopard” or “LG Shine” or “BlackBerry Pearl.” But beneath these names are product codes that all brand managers have to memorize. For huge phone manufacturers that can’t possibly come up with creative names for the dozen or so models they churn out every week, product naming, for convenience sake is limited to an alpha-numerical designation.

Some companies lie in the middle, like Motorola and LG who don’t churn out as many iterations of their phones as Sony Ericsson or Nokia. Which is why both can afford to use names like “ROKR” or “LAZR” or “RAZR” or “Chocolate,” “Shine” and “Viewty.”

We’ve got some network posts on the naming schemes of two of the bigger manufacturers - Sony Ericsson and Nokia:

How Nokia names their mobile phones and categorizes them according to market niche

How Sony Ericsson names their phones and categorizes them according to region and incremental feature upgrades

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More data to support the fact that device makers are getting serious about mobile gaming:

Last week Sony Ericsson unveiled a new phone focused on mobile gaming - the F305. The F305 with Motion Gaming lets users control games with the flick of a wrist or the swing of an arm, and then see the results straightaway on the screen. Using advanced motion sensor technology, the phone can follow your actions to imitate bowling or casting a fishing line. (It?s a bit like the concept behind Nintendo Wii.)

?Gaming is no longer something you do on your own. It?s about having fun with your friends and interacting with the game? says Sven Totté, Head of Product Marketing at Sony Ericsson. ?We have used motion sensor technology before in our phones and integrating it into gameplay is a natural progression.?

The Sony Ericsson F305 also features horizontal game play, dedicated gaming keys and stereo speakers, to further enhance the gaming experience. Additionally, the Sony Ericsson F305 offers a Memory Stick Micro slot, 2-megapixel camera and Stereo Bluetooth connectivity.

Nokia today said it is offering to buy the 52 percent of Symbian, the consortium that makes the software for its phones. Nokia plans to make it available for free to other manufacturers, in hopes of blunting the influence of competing software providers.

Nokia will then establish a foundation with Sony Ericsson, Motorola and Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo to make the software available royalty-free. Symbian previously licensed its software for royalties. They will combine their three different versions of the Symbian software for advanced, data-enabled phones into one open platform.

AT&T, LG, Samsung, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments and Vodafone will also join the foundation.

Nokia said it expects the acquisition to be completed during the fourth quarter of 2008 and is subject to regulatory approval.

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