The mobile phone platform Android is today used by many companies as the main operating system with netbooks based on the cheaper ARM architecture. Another operating system we are used to seeing in mobile phones and with considerably longer history is Symbian. Google supports Android but has also contributed to the Symbian platform that is also based on open source software since a few years back.
Tim Holbrow from the Symbian Foundation revealed in an interview with TechRadar that he first of all has some split feeling regards Google’s work with Android, since it just as easily could have continued working with Symbian, at the same time he says that the Symbian platform may very well appear in future netbooks.
Samsung Omnia HD with Symbian S60 5.0 OS
The fact is that Symbian can already run on netbooks, but at the same time they see how the netbook will develop;
“Will we see them on the market? I think so, yep,” says Holbrow. “But I think the question is, will netbooks carry on being netbooks?”
More on Holbrow’s thoughts on Symbian, Android and netbooks can be found in TechRadar’s interview.
