was lange waehrt, wird endlich nicht gemacht:
LONDON, Nov 7 (Reuters) - British mobile phone maker Sendo said on Thursday it had abandoned a long-awaited Microsoft-based <MSFT.O> phone and chosen to go with Nokia <NOK1V.HE> software instead.
Despite being one of the launching partners for the Microsoft Smartphone programme, Sendo Chief Executive Hugh Brogan said it had given up on the Sendo Z100 Smartphone that had been due for launch within weeks.
"There will not be products based on Microsoft. There is not going to be a Z100," Brogan said.
Niklas Savander, who is in charge of Nokia mobile software, said Sendo has agreed to license its Series 60 software -- a suite of applications that runs on the operating system of Symbian <PON.L>.
Quelle: Reuters Newsdienste
und auch Nokia schreibt dazu fuer die Presse:
NOKIA PRESS RELEASE
November 7, 2002
Sendo chooses Nokia's Series 60 platform for its smart phones
Sendo, a British mobile phone manufacturer, today announced that the
company has decided to license Series 60 Platform from Nokia for its
smart phone category. The Series 60 is a software platform for
feature- and application rich smart phones that Nokia licenses to
mobile handset manufacturers. The platform is optimised to run on top
of the Symbian OS. Sendo joins as the newest member to the Series 60
licensing community with Matsushita, Samsung, Siemens and Nokia.
"Earlier this fall we reviewed our smart phone strategy. While our
mission of providing customers with feature-rich and ubiquitous
devices remains unaltered, seeing that the Series 60 fully embraces
both our mission and the new strategy we decided to approach Nokia,"
said Hugh Brogan, Chief Executive Officer of Sendo Holdings Plc. "The
platform utilises open standards and technologies, such as MMS and
Java(TM), jointly developed by the industry. The platform is robust,
yet uniquely flexible, bringing great benefits to licensees,
operators, developers and consumers."
"We welcome Sendo, a pioneer in smart phone development, to join our
Series 60 community. We see that a combination of Sendo's technical
expertise and growing market presence will bring significant
contribution to the mobile market with Series 60 devices.
Interoperable solutions that are built on open and common industry
standards are proving to be the winning formula in meeting demands of
business users and consumers alike," said Niklas Savander, Vice
President and General Manager, Nokia Mobile Software.
Nokia licenses Series 60 Platform as a source code. The model enables
licensees to contribute to the development of the platform while
fully executing their individual business strategy, brand and
customer requirements in fast developing and highly competitive
mobile communications market. Licensees will be able to include the
Series 60 into their own smart phone designs, thus speeding up the
rollout of new phone models at lower costs.
The Series 60 is a comprehensive software platform for smart phones,
created for mobile phone users that demand easy-to-use, one-hand
operated handsets with high-quality colour screens, rich
communications and enhanced applications. The Series 60 platform
consists of the key telephony and personal information management
applications, the browser and messaging clients, as well as a
complete and modifiable user interface, all designed to run on top of
the Symbian OS, an operating system for advanced, data enabled mobile
phones.
