On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 9:56 AM, Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > IIRC Symbian is going open-source.
They'll make ths OS open source, however, Nokia phones might still require signed executable, just like TiVo. In short, I might not be able to run applications that I wrote or downloaded then compiled/built then run it on the phone without having it signed by Nokia. The other problem is that most of us won't have the equipment to flash the phone with a custom-build firmware, not to mention it might not run because it is not signed by Nokia. All the homebrew or open source applications (that you compile) will probably only run on a mobile emulator. The only reason I think Nokia opening the source for Symbian is to encourage other phone manufacturers to adopt Symbian for their phones especially now that the iPhone, Android, LiMo are getting all the attention. -- Gideon N. Guillen [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
