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Nokia has been quiet these past few weeks, aside from the recent announcement about the X6 phone and the fact that they turned Ovi maps satellite navigation into a free service a few weeks before that, no one has heard much in the way of breaking news regarding the Finnish mobile phone manufacturer.
Now, as the winds of the mobile industry are picking up speed, a new teaser from Nokia has left us wondering what new mobile phone the company is cooking up next: Nokia has let it slip that they are working on a new Snapdragon smart phone.
Surprisingly, they are not going to be using the Maemo operating system. The new OS which was adopted by Nokia last year made its debut on the N900 and was a success in its own right. The phone did not have problems, firmware wise at least; the micro USB slot on the N900 was prone to getting misaligned.
Anyway, many may still remember the last announcement regarding the Maemo which stated that Nokia will be using the OS for all their upcoming N-series devices. This means that the new Snapdragon device from Nokia will not be part of the N-series. As to whether the recent announcement that Symbian will be going open source is part of the reason why Nokia chose to use Symbian still remains to be confirmed.
If this device pushes through, this will be another major open source platform on a Snapdragon handset. The Bada Wave and the many other Android smart phones will be providing the new Symbian device with plenty of competition once it comes out.
Lastly, the biggest surprise factor here is that Nokia and Qualcomm have had a long history of legal disputes regarding patents. This is one of the key times that the two are actually working together.
Read more about Qualcomm and Nokia at Know Your Mobile.
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