Symbian is hoping to encourage developers to offer interesting desktop applications on mobile phones by making it easier for them to certain port desktop applications to the Symbian operating system.

Nokia's new approach could greatly benefit the Symbian platform by making it more stable and attractive to operators, developers, and consumers Nokia on Tuesday announced it plans to acquire all of ...

The Symbian mobile operating system is getting a second life as the Symbian Foundation makes the smartphone platform open source. The lifeline will revitalize the platform, and has benefits for Nokia, ...

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia Oyj will assume full control of the Symbian operating system, retaking management of a key asset which it had given to the open source community to run only a few years ago.