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New report from the leading Japanese financial services group, Nomura Holdings Inc., indicates that Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) could soon start to produce its flagship BlackBerry devices with Symbian OS.
That’s still very speculative, but the fact stands that as the demand of the customers grow, RIM’s platform won’t be able to handle such tasks as viewing and editing office documents.
Furthermore, Nomura’s analysts argue that the cost of completely rebuilding RIM’s software is way too expensive. Therefore, RIM could easily switch to Symbian. Current mobile Linux is everything but secure and Windows Mobile is well… Microsoft’s product, leaving the Symbian OS as an only viable platform… Unstrung has an article on the subject.
I find it VERY interesting just to think about it. Can you imagine a device stylish as the new BlackBerry Pearl running on the Symbian OS? 
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
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