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We all know how China is important to all mobile industry players, hence virtually every single major mobile tech company is present there in one form or another.
Now we have Symbian Limited, developer and licensor of the market-leading smartphone operating system – Symbian OS, acquiring the personnel and technology the China-based smartphone application developer – Beijing Genesis Interactive Technology Co. Ltd. (MoGenesis) to additionally boost its recently opened R&D center in the “world’s fastest growing economy.”
As for the personnel changes, MoGenesis’ CEO Dennis Kung, who previously held two senior positions in Microsoft, is appointed as the new General Manager for Symbian in China to “spearhead Symbian product development in the region.”
Commenting on the acquisition, Symbian’s CEO Nigel Clifford said, “The acquisition will play a key role in Symbian’s global R&D strategy for our world-leading customers. China is one of the fastest growing markets for smartphones in the world and we will leverage our new Chinese resources to increase Symbian OS global product development. Symbian achieved 60% smartphone OS market share in China with 77% year on year growth, according to one analyst (Canalys) in Q207. We intend to continue growing our sales and our presence in this very vibrant market.”
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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.
