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Nokia N8: The First Open Source Symbian Smartphone
May 10th, 2010 | 
Author: Nokia announced its N8, the first smartphone to use open-source Symbian 3 operating system in which Symbian 3 is the first release of the Symbian Operating system, on Tuesday. This smartphone is going to be released in the UK in the third quarter of 2010 and is priced at €370 (£321) before taxes and subsidies.
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Open Source Developers Pick Android Over iPhone
Mobile platforms like Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android have become a key focus for open source developers. And the trend is only increasing, though new research has found that over the course of the last year, there has been a shift in which mobile platform has the most open source development activity.
Google Offers New Model for Consumers to Buy a Mobile Phone
Well, it’s here (well, in the US anyhow!). The Google Nexus One, which combines the latest in hardware from HTC Corporation with the newest Android software, is available to purchase through a web store hosted by Google.
I wonder how much it is linked into their services. I see lot’s of Google brands on the home page, GMail, Maps, YouTube etc. They’ll have to go some to complete with the iPhone App Library. Interesting to see what the take up if like.
Plastic Logic e-reader aims to challenge Kindle
UK firm Plastic Logic has launched its Que e-reader in a bid to challenge the dominance of Amazon’s Kindle.
It came out of some work at the University of Cambridge and is aimed at the business reader who needs to carry documents around with them. Looks nice and slim!
Copyright Protection on Kindle Hacked
Do you often think that some people have too much time on their hands? This guy hacked the copyright protection on Amazon’s Kindle so that he can make the books available via PDF for other devices.
The end of the Netbook?
Here’s an interesting article from the BBC regarding the future of the netbook computer. The limitations they describe have been the off-putting factor for me over the last couple of years.
Cloud Computing – Good or Bad?
Interesting article from Library Journal on Cloud Computing. I have to say, I’m not sure I am convinced by the argument yet although I can see it is likely to be the future…..
http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/cloud-computing-good-or-bad-open-source
