Reporting via Ubergizmo, Tuesday (11/30/2010), Symbian's official website began to show signs of resistance. Apparently the Symbian Foundation, which provides information on open source code, bug fixes and documentation for the operating system, must shut its site on 17 December.
In a statement the Symbian Foundation, the closure of this site should be conducted in line with plans to license the Symbian source code. With this announcement, the operation of the Foundation shall be reduced gradually.
"We will strive to ensure that most of the content which can be accessed via web services, such as source code, kits, wiki, bug databases, reference documentation and the idea of Symbian, will be provided in several forms, such as DVD or USB drive hadr. To have your can make application for delivery to the Symbian Foundation, "said the Symbian Foundation.
Furthermore they said that if the preparation of such content will take a long time. Therefore they will distribute the new content after January 31, 2011. Added to them, Symbian will charge for each delivery made.
Symbian's market share is eroded. According to the GfK research, the Android operating system has been mastered half of the smartphone in Asia. Even the prestige has defeated big names Symbian.
Although Symbian still occupy the first position in the mobile phone operating system market, Apple's iPhone sales were also increasing. Gartner explained, Symbian has sold approximately 29.5 million units of smartphones in the third quarter, up than a year ago that only 18.3 million units. While Android is in second place with a number of approximately 20.5 million units, an increase of approximately 1.4 million units a year ago.
With this amount, the gap between Symbian and Android market increasingly thin. Android smartphone market rose 25.5 percent this quarter compared to 3.5 percent last year, while the Symbian market must be willing to come down from 44.6 percent to 36.6 percent
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