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The Register: Nokia Shifting to Linux as it Joins with Apple to Challenge Windows 2

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 21, 2005

“Nokia’s ambitious bid to make the mobile phone as important a
client device for business and leisure as the notebook PC took
another important turn last week with news that it has created a
browser in collaboration with Apple, which will be managed under
the open source process.

“This starts to address awkward web browsing, a key weakness of
the phone’s bid to be the ‘new notebook’, and it raises interesting
questions about how much further Nokia and Apple could go in
cooperating on the anti- Microsoft ecosystem, and how far Nokia is
committing its future to Linux…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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