Comments on: Europe Backs Symbian With $630M Loan http://gigaom.com/2009/02/19/europe-backs-symbian-with-630m-loan/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:31:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Haydn http://gigaom.com/2009/02/19/europe-backs-symbian-with-630m-loan/#comment-161586 Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:56:22 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=40121#comment-161586 The EU has backed the telecoms and mobile industry dating back to the mid-1980s, on the grounds that DARPA funding fueled growth in the US PC sector.

]]> By: Nokia to Stake Its Future on Maemo http://gigaom.com/2009/02/19/europe-backs-symbian-with-630m-loan/#comment-161585 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:24:20 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=40121#comment-161585 [...] million last year to buy out the remaining shares of Symbian, and the company earlier this year took a $630 million loan from the European Investment Bank to help develop the operating system. Also, it clearly must [...]

]]> By: Alper Çugun http://gigaom.com/2009/02/19/europe-backs-symbian-with-630m-loan/#comment-161584 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:17:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=40121#comment-161584 The EU and its member states dole out tons of these subsidies and still they keep wondering why it doesn’t work. We need less taxes and regulations not money handed out arbitrarily.

]]> By: Shams http://gigaom.com/2009/02/19/europe-backs-symbian-with-630m-loan/#comment-161583 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:13:49 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=40121#comment-161583 Why did you smell ‘nationalism’ here :-)

]]> By: Europe Backs Symbian With $630M Loan - Gigaom.com | yoursoftwarelink.com http://gigaom.com/2009/02/19/europe-backs-symbian-with-630m-loan/#comment-161582 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:25:14 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=40121#comment-161582 [...] Nokia said today it has received a €500 million loan  ($630 million) from the European Investment Bank to help it further develop Symbian and keep it competitive with other mobile operating systems. The loan may change the math we’ve done on the … Check out the source of this item Europe Backs Symbian With $630M Loan – Gigaom.com [...]

]]> By: kaiyzen http://gigaom.com/2009/02/19/europe-backs-symbian-with-630m-loan/#comment-161581 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:37:31 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=40121#comment-161581 This will be as good as an investment as the search engine they are putting together.

I guess they can use a chunk of it for some hefty payola to the handset providers to choose the OS.

Unless some magical engineering feat occurs for Symbian over the next 12 months it will really be relegated to a Nokia only OS, which still will have significant market share but will be seen as a continued annoyance in the developer community.

]]> By: Kontra http://gigaom.com/2009/02/19/europe-backs-symbian-with-630m-loan/#comment-161580 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:26:40 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=40121#comment-161580 Not a chance. What Nokia lacks isn’t money, it’s imagination:

Who can beat iPhone 2.0?
http://counternotions.com/2008/03/10/iphone2-competitors/

]]> By: Mes remiame Symbian (be klausimų) : nežinau.lt http://gigaom.com/2009/02/19/europe-backs-symbian-with-630m-loan/#comment-161579 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:28:12 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=40121#comment-161579 [...] smagiai išėjo su Europos investicijų banko sprendimu paskolinti Nokia 500 milijonų eurų Symbian OS tobulinimui. Kadangi pinigėliai bendraeuropiniai, išeitų, kad Symbian nuo šiol – visų dorų europiečių [...]

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