Coming Battle Over Open Source Phones Jul 4, 2008, 12 :00 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (7477 reads) (Other stories by Elizabeth Woyke)
"Forget the iPhone. The real battle in the mobile industry is over open-source software.
"The latest salvo: Nokia's announcement this week that it would purchase London-based Symbian Ltd.--a cellphone operating system it co-owned with Sony, Ericsson and Samsung, among others--and distribute the once costly software for free..."