The Symbian Foundation’s platform plans have mostly been a black box since its inception last year, with S60 seemingly forming the de facto base for development — a reality that ultimately accelerated UIQ’s demise. Symbian executive VP David Wood has shed some light on how the roadmap’s going to play out (in theory, anyway), and it’s shaping up to be a little more complicated than anyone would’ve anticipated. Turns out that the Foundation intends to have no fewer than five — yes, five — versions of the platform in development at any one time: two in the “stable phase” where they’ll presumably be subject to minor updates, one in the “hardening phase,” one having new features submitted, and one getting very early builds. What’s more, releases even beyond that will be getting their roadmaps finalized at the same time. Ultimately, they’d like to have two platform releases a year, with the first — Symbian^2, based on the upcoming S60 5th Edition Feature Pack 1 — hitting at the end of this year if everything goes well, and that’s presumably what we’d be seeing in Sony Ericsson’s Idou. Look, if Symbian seriously wants to innovate this rapidly and mercilessly, we’re all for it — it’s just a question of whether it can deliver.

[Via All About Symbian, thanks Pdexter]

Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds

Symbian Foundation’s release schedule is a five-version juggling act originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Source:Symbian Foundation's release schedule is a five-version juggling act

Sony caved long ago and began producing sound systems for devices Designed in California[TM], so it’s no real shock to see it delivering yet another variant that handles iPods and iPhones. The CMT-LX30iR, which has yet to be certified as real by Sony in North America, will purportedly aim at lower-end consumers by giving ‘em just ten total watts of oomph, a slot-loading CD player, FM / AM radio, line-in and a headphone jack. There’s also a remarkably basic 1-line LCD and a few equalizer presets, and the one-touch CD-to-USB Sync Recording is a fine touch. The unit has surfaced over on Amazon’s German portal for €161 ($202), though we’ve no idea how pricey it’ll be (or what it’ll be called, for that matter) whenever Sony decides to take a hint and ship it stateside.

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Sony’s CMT-LX30iR USB micro system loves on Apple devices originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Source:Sony's CMT-LX30iR USB micro system loves on Apple devices

Young or old, almost everyone loves Lego. If you admit it or not, you do. For the few that have never played or built with Lego, perhaps they won’t understand the draw that Lego can have, but I am sure they will appreciate the art and the skills of the builders from these sites.

Source:42 Amazing Sources of Lego Inspiration & Creativity

It looks like that AT&T strike authorized by the Communications Workers of America back in early February won’t be coming to fruition. The two have reached a tentative agreement for the around 20,000 unionized workers that have been in contract negotiations. For its part, AT&T’s expressed satisfaction with the agreement, but it still has to be submitted for approval by ratification vote from the CWA group members. Of course, should they vote nay, we’ll be back to square one. This isn’t over yet, so stay tuned.

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AT&T, Communications Workers of America reach tentative agreement, strike (currently) averted originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Source:AT&T, Communications Workers of America reach tentative agreement, strike (currently) averted

Copy and paste, data tethering, and now Flash — it looks like the Pre’s going to fill in a lot of unchecked iPhone feature boxes, doesn’t it?

Source:Confirmed: Palm Pre to support Flash.