Nokia to make Symbian open source

Nokia have already partially embraced open-source through its maemo project for the Internet Tablet series. Having used an N800 (and the 700 before that) I can say that although there is software I’d really like - a calendar etc that synchs easily with Outlook for one - that isn’t available yet for the IT there are many developers out there writing great programs that utilise the power and portability of the IT.

If Nokia do eventually make Symbian open source then that opens up a whole big box of goodies I suspect. It will be interesting to watch what happens…

**The title of this article references the film Legally Blonde II for those of us who aren’t chicks lol