Nokia seals acquisition of Symbian Limited

Yep, it's a done deal. On the same day Nokia chose to unveil its new flagship N97, the outfit also announced that it had "completed its offer to acquire software company Symbian Limited." As of now, "all conditions to Nokia's offer to acquire Symbian Limited have been satisfied and it has received valid acceptance of greater than 99.9% of the total Symbian shares that Nokia did not already own." Nokia's not saying much else about the changeover just yet, but we are told that every last Symbian employee is expected to wear a Nokia badge come February 1, 2009.

[Android Overlord Posted Dec 2nd 2008 8:01AM]

Hope this helps improve symbian OS. Not as bad as everyone makes out but it could be better.

[Tes Posted Dec 2nd 2008 8:37AM]

In my experience people have the OS mixed up with the user interface. My iPod Touch has a great UI, but my apps crash way too much for me to jump on the iPhone bandwagon. I'd be frustrated as hell if my phone crashed as much as this. Having to restart after installing big apps is also not a good sign of a great OS. Factor in all the things you CAN'T do with the iPhone/iPod OS that Symbian can (video calling, full bluetooth, cut & paste, changeable themes etc...) and all the iPhones advantages are purely hardware.

[Torch Posted Dec 2nd 2008 8:44AM]

Symbian S60 FTW. Especially with that 20 years Symbian Signed Certificate by OPDA that can be used for all your Warez signing needs.
http://symbianwebblog.wordpress.com/2007/12/10/signing-update-unbelievable-certificat-for-20-years-downloadable/

[geekthree Posted Dec 2nd 2008 9:23AM]

I'll not buying nokia's whle they run symbian, too much money for something so buggy.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 2nd 2008 12:48PM]

And also there's no WM6 on it... No outlook syncing on a phone? No way!

[Professor Kaos Posted Dec 2nd 2008 9:30AM]

I understand its a different "symbian" but I can't help but not joke about the erotic "get up on your high horse" symbian of the adult world. hahaha.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 2nd 2008 10:11AM]

Yup, setting your phone at high ringtone level with vibrations takes a whole new meaning...

[sr1329 Posted Dec 3rd 2008 1:04AM]

That's Sybian but anyway yeah I've thought of the similarity.