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Engadget - Symbian, Nokia, Microsoft and Apple downplay Android
November 13th, 2007 by Head RobotEngadget writes,
Palm’s not the only company that isn’t afraid to speak out on the Open Handset Alliance. Nokia, Microsoft and Symbian made it most clear today that they don’t perceive danger from the new initiative and corresponding Android OS, with Nokia stating it quite bluntly: “We don’t see this as a threat.” Microsoft was a bit more on the defensive. “It really sounds that they are getting a whole bunch of people together to build a phone and that’s something we’ve been doing for five years,” said Scott Horn, from Microsoft’s Windows Mobile marketing team. “I don’t understand the impact that they are going to have.” The Symbian folks stated the obvious: “If Google was not involved the industry would have just yawned and rolled over,” said John Forsyth of Symbian. “We take it seriously but we are the ones with real phones, real phone platforms and a wealth of volume built up over years.” UIQ was a bit more optimistic about the OHA, saying that “Generally, it’s positive for the industry.” Apple wasn’t as commital either way. “We have a great relationship with Google and this doesn’t change anything,” said Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris. “They are certainly an important partner for iPhone.”
Some great discussion can be found at the original post at Engadget.com
Surfin’ Safari - Webkit in the News
November 13th, 2007 by Head RobotSurfin’ Safari is a Weblog by the WebKit development team. Today they published an article about increased attention after the Android announcement.
Google’s Android announcement (see post below) has led to a new round of stories about WebKit in the blogosphere. Om Malik writes about The Amazing Rise of WebKit Mobile. Jason Delport echoes his sentiment in a piece titled The Rise of the WebKit Browser. Ajaxian refers to Another WebKit win with Android. And John Gordon rescinds his former WebKit pessimism to admit, Safari: Ok, you win.
It’s worth noting that WebKit porting efforts are heating up. In the mobile space we already have WebKit in two product lines: Apple’s iPhone and Nokia’s S60 platform. In addition, the Qt port will be included in Qt 4.4, including the Qtopia mobile platform.
The Gtk+ port has been used to build mobile browsers for the Maemo and OpenMoko platforms. It is also available experimentally as a backend for GNOME’s Epiphany web browser.
Other ports and products in various stages of progress include the Origyn Web Browser, a sort of meta-port for various consumer electronics platforms, Wake3’s port to Windows CE, Adobe AIR, the Haiku operating system, wxWidgets and more.
And of course there are the many browsers and other applications using WebKit.
It’s exciting to see WebKit going more and more places, and get acknowledgement in the press for the community’s success in building a world class browser engine.
Read the rest of the original article at WebKit in the news.