I caught this thread over at HowardForums today, it appears as though Nokia has taken ownership of the SymSMB application that we’ve been meaning to review for a while. If you aren’t familiar, SymSMB is a tool that allows you to do all sorts of things within WiFi networks, such as browse network folders and files. It’s really a comprehensive tool, with a pretty big feature set.
It appears as though 2 of the developers at Telexy Networks, who helped develop SymSMB, are also currently employed full-time at Nokia. As part of Nokia’s employment agreement, ‘All Proprietary Property which Employee may develop in the course of employment with Company, whether alone or jointly with others, shall be the exclusive property of company…‘ Thus, Nokia has claimed ownership of all rights over SymSMB.
The company’s statement, while somewhat sad, holds at least a bit of promise, that obviously Nokia sees the value of SymSMB and its abilities, and hopefully we’ll see the full integration of this tool into future S60 products, or perhaps even Nokia will simply rebrand it and offer it as a free download, similar to Nokia Chat or Nokia Friend View.
We wish the best on the team at Telexy, and hope that they will keep Symbian-Guru in the loop on any future ventures they take, as I’m sure they’ll be just as solid as SymSMB. You can have your say about the situation in the Telexy forums, or if you have a suggestion for a new application/development they might persue (and you DON’T work for Nokia), you can shoot them an email here.
