AAS Insight #168: Symbian to 2016, Oro, Mango
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In All About Symbian Insight 168, we open with news of the latest Ovi Store update, which facilitates the provisioning of application updates. We then discuss Stephen Elop's (Nokia CEO) recent statement that software updates for Symbian devices would continue until at least 2016. There's room for a few developer updates, before we move onto a wide ranging and stimulating discussion of the Windows Phone Mango update and comparisons to Symbian.
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Duration: 00:43:12
Show Notes
This podcast was recorded on Friday 27th May 2011.
In this podcast we cover:
- Nokia Ovi Store update imminent
- Stephen Elop: software updates to Symbian devices are expected until at least 2016
- Nokia Oro - a premium Smartphone
- Developer updates: Qt Symbian SDK Linux, Qt 4.8, Windows Phone Dev Tools
- Microsoft previews Mango - next release of Windows Phone, which leads to a discussion of and comparison between the styles and philosophies of Symbian and Windows Phone, how the market is changing, why Nokia smartphone buyers will have lots of choice next year, and much more.