"Nokia is 'product' company, product manager Ari Jaaksi told listeners at LinuxWorld last week; it never publicly released the source code to anything before. Yet in conjunction with the launch of its 770 Internet tablet, Nokia has started an open source application platform, dedicated programmers to existing open source projects, sponsored developers already working on open source, and expended resources to promote open source software.
"The 770 launched in November to positive response. A phone-format product may come further down the line--the company is open to wherever the platform goes--but it is not a near-term concern..."
