Squawk Box Discussion: Nokia and The Symbian Foundation

With the emergence of iPhone 3G and Blackberry Bold, certainly from a North American perspective, one has to wonder where Nokia is heading in the smartphone space. Certainly a clue evolved Tuesday when Nokia announced they were acquiring the remainder of Symbian they did not already own  for $410 million along with a plan to put the key intellectual property assets into an open source "Symbian Foundation" under an Eclipse Public License. And they convinced other partners with a Symbian interest