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Nokia buys Symbian, will open Symbian OS

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:00:00 GMT
Symbian, the company behind the popular proprietary mobile/embedded operating system of the same name, just turned 10, but it won't see its next birthday. Nokia, which had long owned a substantial portion of Symbian, announced today that it would be buying the rest of the company, 52% for about &euro264 million, or approximately $410 million. In addition to purchasing Symbian, Nokia says it will be open-sourcing the Symbian operating system.

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pbmtonokia

pbmtonokia(1)                                                 General Commands Manual                                                pbmtonokia(1)

NAME

       pbmtonokia - convert a portable bitmap to Nokia Smart Messaging Formats

SYNOPSIS

       pbmtonokia [options] [pbmfile]

DESCRIPTION

       Reads a portable bitmap as input.  Produces a Nokia Smart Messaging (hexcode, .nok, .ngg) file as output.

OPTIONS

       -fmt   Specifies the output format (default is HEX_NOL).

       HEX_NOL
              Nokia Operator Logo as (uploadable) hexcode.  Use option -net to specify network code.

       HEX_NGG
              Nokia Group Graphic as (uploadable) hexcode.

       HEX_NMP
              Nokia Picture Message as (uploadable) hexcode.  Use option -txt to specify optional text message.

       NOL    Nokia  Operator  Logo  as  .nol  format.  This  is  editable  by the Group-Graphic Editor from Kessler Wireless Design (www.kessler-
              design.com)

       NGG    Nokia Group Graphic as .ngg format. This is editable  by  the  Group-Graphic  Editor  from  Kessler  Wireless  Design  (www.kessler-
              design.com)

       -net   Specifies the 6 hex-digit operator network code for Operator Logos (Default is 62F210 = D1,Germany).

       -txt   Specifies the text message for Picture Messages. Default is no text message.

LIMITATIONS

       Currently limited to rows<=255 and columns<=255. Supports only b/w graphics, not animated.

SEE ALSO

       pbm(5), Nokia Smart Messaging Specification (http://forum.nokia.com)

AUTHOR

       Copyright (C) 2001 Tim Ruehsen <tim.ruehsen@openmediasystem.de>.

                                                                   26 June 2001                                                      pbmtonokia(1)

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