But make no mistake: Symbian is not Palmor Netscape, Novell, or any of the host of other companies that Microsoft has vanquished. Symbian is smart, strong, and well-connected. Its co-owners include major smartphone vendors, including Nokia, most of whom have shown no interest in the Microsoft smartphone platform.
But the competitive situation is even more complex than that. For one thing, while Symbian dominates smartphones worldwide, it hasn't yet made much headway in the U.S. The leading smartphone herepalmOne's Treo 600is based on the Palm OS. Of course there also are persistent rumors, which palmOne has declined to deny, that there soon will be a Windows Mobile Treo.
IT shops that are mobilizing enterprise applications and buying (and supporting) mobile devices have no choice but to try and sort out this confusing horse race. Platform consistency is important, but so, too, are issues such as the number of available applications and easy-to-use development environments. In those areas, the Palm and Symbian smartphone platforms are as strong or stronger than Microsoft's. Microsoft may not be able to easily overcome those advantages, so this confusing mobile platform race could run for years to come.
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