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By | November 27, 2010, 7:18am PST

Summary: When I first joined this beat Symbian was the dominant mobile platform. Now the foundation that took the platform open source is shutting its virtual doors.

When I first joined this beat in 2005 Symbian was the dominant mobile platform.

Now the foundation that took the platform open source is shutting its virtual doors.

The lights go out on the Symbian Foundation December 17, the group announced yesterday. The formal announcement was buried on a Friday holiday weekend, although to be fair Nokia is based in Finland.

The decision was made because Symbian is becoming a mere licensing body, thus it doesn’t need the sites. The Twitter feed and Facebook page will also be going bye-bye.

The code itself will be available on a DVD or stick drive upon request after January 31.

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Dana Blankenhorn has been a business journalist for 30 years, a tech freelancer since 1983.

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Dana Blankenhorn

Dana Blankenhorn has been a journalist, writer and part-time futurist for over 30 years.

At the present moment I run only a personal blog in addition to my ZDNet open source blog.

DanaBlankenhorn.Com has the subtitle The War Against Oil. In the past I have used it to write about political history, e-commerce, personal matters, some ideas related to open source, and The World of Always On, which is the idea of using sensors, motes and RFID to turn WiFi links into platforms for applications which live in the air.

My IRA account at Schwab holds a few tech shares, most notably some Intel and Applied Materials, but there are no open source companies in it. I don’t even own any CBS stock.

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Dana Blankenhorn

Dana Blankenhorn has been a business journalist for nearly 25 years and has covered the online world professionally since 1985. He founded the Interactive Age Daily for CMP Media, and has written for the Chicago Tribune, Advertising Age's "NetMarketing" supplement, and dozens of other publications over the years.

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illegaloperation 27th Nov 2010
I wonder is MeeGo is going to take off. If not, Nokia better be looking into adopting Windows Phone 7.
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Or Droid...
zkiwi 27th Nov 2010
That even has the advantage of being free-ish.
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RE: Symbian shutting web sites down
Rama.NET 27th Nov 2010
@zkiwi
No we don't want one more maker & carrier jointly raping and producing a disabled Android OS while Google sitting helplessly and watching the rape process.
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illegaloperation 27th Nov 2010
@zkiwi
Not going to happen since Android violate tons of patents including Nokia's.
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It is pretty easy....
Economister Updated - 27th Nov 2010
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to throw allegations around without providing a shred of evidence. Shameful.
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Well, if it will be...
Economister 27th Nov 2010
"available on a DVD or stick drive upon request after January 31", in this day and age, it deserves to die. Have they ever heard of downloads? Whoever is going to handle the requests, could surely maintain a small web site or seed a torrent. Sheesh
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RE: Symbian shutting web sites down
clfitz 29th Nov 2010
@Economister
Not everyone has broadband, though, especially at home. I for one am happy they continue to do this, as Ubuntu does. I know it's a phone OS, but it's still important to make it as available as possible.

(Broadband was made available at my home only in May of this year.)
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Funny that symbian still holds the major market share
Dietrich T. Schmitz, ~ Your Linux Advocate 28th Nov 2010
I put careful thought into the decision to replace my aged nokia n95, which still does more than your average smartphone, and came to the conclusion that today Samsung offers the best value.

I went with a Samsung Galaxy S from ATT. Just two words to describe it:

Fing tastik.
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kingkong88@... 29th Nov 2010
@Dietrich T. Schmitz, Your Linux Advocate

I concur. After 10 years with Nokia (I was still very satisfied with my E-71 except for the 320x240) I bought the Galaxy S last month. Android on the Galaxy S is more usable than the iPhone in my opinion.

Then I saw three demo N8's at the local telco shop. I tested them and found them a total disaster! I couldn't believe Nokia could have dare to sell the N8 in its current form given the availability of devices like the Galaxy S, or the Windows Phone 7.
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