In the last week, February 5 Saipan Saipan Foundation announced the systematic and comprehensive open-source work is completed, the market’s next move against Saipan showed a great concern. Well-known technology site ZDNet UK in an interview CEO Lee Williams, Saipan Foundation (Lee Williams), you see that a lot of information on Saipan systems and future versions of the news source.
According to Williams, revealed that the use of the Nokia Series 60 source code is the blueprint for a large number, about tens of thousands of individual developers and nearly 200 software development companies joined the open-source research and development. However, there are about 20% of developers do not agree to Saipan system open source. In this open-source operation, not all of the procedures and code open source, some related to the core driver code, still need to keep, such as Nokia and Sony Ericsson developed a new driver.
Saipan system at the press asked about a new version of the user interface and new system features, Williams said: Saipan new system will be more emphasis on software functionality, software architecture through a transparent effect, the image gradient and analytical capacity, increase QT core code. In the Symbian 3 and Symbian 4 version, the user will have a very powerful user interface, Saipan function button to simplify under the premise of full consideration of the user’s operating habits, some of the features set the default button. Symbian 4 version will launch a new graphical user interface, the way will support nine different types of displays.
The most noteworthy point is that in the reporter asked about the future development prospects of Saipan, when Williams said “In addition to smart phones, may also occur in other systems using the Saipan equipment.” Industry analysts believe that there may be imminent, “Saipan flat.” During the interview, Williams said, Saipan’s next-generation devices, code-named the “Wild Duck” (Wild Ducks). And said, Saipan has already begun to set the system Intel’s Atom processor platform migration work to begin GCC compiler research and development work for the Saipan system to the basic device platform transplantation research and development work. In the next 1-2 years will see on the market, based on Saipan system, tablet PCs and other devices appear. These devices will have on the market today all similar devices. This also means that “Saipan Tablet PC” is about to come out.