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Recently InformationWeek published an interesting business-technology buyer’s guide to the BlackBerry, Linux, Mac OS X, Palm, Symbian, and Windows Mobile platforms. Besides the solid perspective of all smartphone platforms, the article also brings an illustrative road map for smartphone operating systems.
Back to Symbian. According to author of the article (and as we all know it), Symbian is bolstering security. In the latest versions, applications need permission to access sensitive phone capabilities, helping IT departments lower the exposure of their corporate data. However, what Symbian lacks is presence in the United States, where it has only 10% of the market, with Cingular being the only U.S. carrier that sells Symbian phones.
In conclusion, as Symbian’s main challenges, author sees RIM’s popularity (in the U.S.) and Microsoft’s Windows integration. Plus, they have a Q&A with Symbian’s CEO – Nigel Clifford. Nice read.
About The Author
Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
