With the news this week that Nokia have acquired the Symbian mobile OS (with plans to make the platform open source), many Android fans have been slightly concerned about what this potentially means for the future of Android.
zdnet.co.uk have written an article comparing the compare the membership, licensing and timescales of both the Symbian Foundation (SF) and the Open Handset Alliance (OHA):
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Subject to regulatory approval of Nokia's plans to acquire Symbian, the battle between SF and OHA could shape up to be the biggest mobile prizefight of the next decade. Any battle that pits the world's largest mobile manufacturer against the world's most powerful search company should have interesting repercussions.
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