Comments on: Nokia looks at Symbian powered Laptops in the future http://news.techwhack.com/9972-symbian-laptops News from the Tech and IT World Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:03:06 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: HereAndNow http://news.techwhack.com/9972-symbian-laptops#comment-421442 HereAndNow Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:21:47 +0000 http://news.techwhack.com/?p=9972#comment-421442 I hope smartphone OSs eventually evolve to a concept where there is a common Linux platform with different installable "desktops" (e.g. Android/webOS/Symbian/Blackberry/etc.)...kinda like KDE & GNOME. This would make it easier for component manufacturers, since there would be a common set of drivers for all devices and it would also benefit consumers, since they could change "desktops", without changing devices. I hope smartphone OSs eventually evolve to a concept where there is a common Linux platform with different installable “desktops” (e.g. Android/webOS/Symbian/Blackberry/etc.)…kinda like KDE & GNOME.

This would make it easier for component manufacturers, since there would be a common set of drivers for all devices and it would also benefit consumers, since they could change “desktops”, without changing devices.

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