This has just popped up on the Symbian blog:

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When speaking of a specific release – we say Symbian ^2, (the name is mostly important for developers and is pronounced Symbian 2). We’ve just released the first PDK (Product Development Kit) for Symbian ^2 which generally includes the following technologies:

1. Symbian OS – the world’s leading mobile operating for smartphones, contributed to Symbian and owned by Nokia
2. S60 (the brand will soon cease to exist & FYI S60.com has closed), also contributed and owned by Nokia
3. parts of NTT DOCOMO’s platform technologies, contributed and owned by NTT DOCOMO
4. parts of Sony Ericsson’s platform technologies, contributed and owned by Sony Ericsson

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So: the UI is not dead (yet), but the brand is.

Question: should we rename TamsS60?


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