The Symbian Foundation’s boss has said it’s only a matter of time before a Symbian tablet makes it to market. Should the iPad be scared?
The Symbian Foundation, the organisation behind the Symbian mobile operating system, made the code behind Symbian open source this week, and chief executive Lee Williams has made some bold predictions about what opening up will lead to.
In an interview with ZDNet, he said that the ability for Symbian to run on x86 architecture (That used by Intel based PCs) means that “it’s very likely that, in the next year or two, you would see [a Symbian tablet or netbook] hit the marketplace”.
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Williams did admit that so far the interest from manufacturers for using Symbian on non-mobile devices was only “occasional” so far, but it’s clear the Foundation is hoping someone will help shoehorn Symbian into the tablet trend the likes of the Apple, MSI and Asus are trying to kickstart this year.
Still, with a radical graphical overhaul on the way for Symbian, perhaps a Symbian tablet has some potential. Nokia, if you’re reading this, we’d still love to see that multitouch tablet concept running it.
Out TBC | £TBC | Symbian Foundation (Via ZDNet)
