Symbian’s chairman Nigel Clifford hasn’t really impressed me at the last Symbian Smartphone Show - the announced a product, but wasn’t able to refer me to the representative (who, incidentally, was later-on found sitting next to me). Thus, I am not sure what to make with the latest Reuters story.
The folks claim that Clifford stated the following in regards to Google:
“We already work together and so whatever collaboration, if there is an opportunity, we will be happy to collaborate with them, and that could be on the application level or that could be on the more fundamental operating system level.”
This could mean a vairty of things - read on to find out about a few possible scenarios:
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The first possibility is that our mate said something that was just intended to get more frontline space. Hell, some people leak private s*x videos online to get attention - saying “we’ll cooperate more” is a small price for front line space.
Symbian Foundation distro includes more Google services
The most likely possibility is that Nagel Clifford referred to better integration between Google applications and S60 systems. For example, the PIM could sync automatically with Google’s web PIM’s. another scenario is that Symbian plans to ditch QuickOffice in exchange for a “local” version of Google’s office package - there’s loads of cooperation possibility here.
Symbian will be based on a Linux kernel
Finally, we could also see the S-boys pull of a Palm by basing their future operating system on a Linux kernel rather than their current proprietary EPOC-derived one. This offers the significant adbantage of instant ubiquitous hardware compatibility, but comes at a price: thousands of man-hours and the possibility of yet another binary break…
Which of the three scenarios outlined above is your favorite? Talk back and let us know!
