Nokia is gearing up to make moves in both hardware and software. Its next flagship phone, the N97, is gearing up for release in Europe in the first half of this year — though availability in the U.S. is still hazy. On the software side, the Symbian Foundation is scheduled to begin operations within the same time frame. TechNewsWorld spoke with Ira Frimere, Nokia’s multimedia product manager, about the direction in which smartphones and the software found on them are headed.
