Symbian 9 is about to be released, correspondingly, Series 60 3.0 and UIQ 3.0 will be released, do not know that Series 80 will change.
First, a change is that Symbian 9 will use a new core (EKA2, Symbian 8.1b, also used it).
There is only a NANO Kernel that is only responsible for scheduling basic services, and then there are multiple "Personality". Symbian OS is a Personality.
In fact, the key to this change is that TI and Intel are designed in Single Chip, and the baseband communication and application (Application); the corresponding NANO Kernel can unify two applications that are originally separated ( Communication and other applications). For example, there is a DSP (in-software) to be responsible for telephone calls, short message transceivers, etc., and there is an MCU responsible for operating the system and application. It is now getting together, and the cost will have a certain degree of reduction, that is, the Symbian mobile phone began to penetrate to the low-end mobile phone market in addition to the original medium and high-end markets. Oh, you can buy a Symbian phone that is cheap than n-gage.
However, from the current market, probably only Nokia has a strong desire to develop low-end Symbian phones, based on Series60 platform.
UIQ has been using it in high-end mobile phones, Sony Ericsson and Motorola have scared the UIQ phone. It is estimated that the UIQ, which is dinner by License is very unhappy. UIQ 3.0 is to support the traditional single-hand keypad, which is to develop the low-end market with the change of Symbian 9. But Sony Ericsson and Moto strategy, I don't know if it will change it.
In short, Symbian 9 (S60 3.0 / Uiq 3.0) can make mobile costs (theoretically), can expand Symbian market share, which is very beneficial to Symbian (UIQ) and NOKIA's License income increase. But make Symbian smartphones into big roads, not necessarily the idea of mobile phone manufacturers.
