nsane.forums Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 Blow for smartphone OS maker as yet another handset manufacturer pulls out Sony Ericsson has delivered a major blow to the future of Symbian, declaring that it will not release any products with the operating system for the time being. The handset maker had used Symbian throughout its mobile range, but has moved to Google's Android operating system with the Xperia X10 and its variants. "We are still a member of the Symbian Foundation and follow the development of the platform, but we have no plans for the time being regarding new products on Symbian," Sony Ericsson said in a statement. It now looks like Nokia will be the last major phone manufacturer to stand behind Symbian, putting its faith in Symbian^3 for its much-anticipated N8 handset. Symbian is still the most widely used smartphone operating system, although its stagnation in recent years has meant that Nokia and Sony Ericsson have suffered at the hands of competitors. The Symbian Foundation has members including handset manufacturers, chip makers and mobile operators. But this has not stopped it becoming increasingly irrelevant as devices running Android, Apple's iOS and RIM's Blackberry OS have eaten into its market share. Even Nokia has hinted at a life without Symbian with the Linux-based Meego operating system that it is developing in partnership with Intel. Gartner analyst Nick Jones suggested in a blog post that Sony Ericsson's departure effectively means that "the brave Symbian open source experiment has failed". "In my view we need to separate Symbian's problems from the Symbian Founda tion's problems," he said. "Symbian can be fixed if Nokia acts very rapidly. Symbian 4 needs to be nothing less than outstanding. If it's not, Nokia may have to face a difficult decision about whether to abandon Symbian entirely and rebuild Ovi in a new form." View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bashar Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 i've said , it's only about time for the symbian to get dumped android will rule , if they dont make major changes in the symbian Good move Sony Ericsson , Now i'm tempted to buy a new phone from them i've been a die-hard fan for Sony Ericsson but its symbian was killing me :sneaky: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atasas Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 i've said , it's only about time for the symbian to get dumped android will rule , if they dont make major changes in the symbian Good move Sony Ericsson , Now i'm tempted to buy a new phone from them i've been a die-hard fan for Sony Ericsson but its symbian was killing me :sneaky:Spot on!...apart from a thingy called ARM definition of common architecture They make awesome phones, unfortunately ARM profiting from Petty commercial interests between manufacturers and instead (which they can easily afford) own developments (for inter -compatible apps), most of big manufacturers prefer to pay loyalties in order to get loyalties... result ?- as varied and silly market as possible, all, including users, are paying for commercial interests if not in $$$- in a form of inconveniences Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drolz Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 its about time... the symbian should upgrade their os in more futuristic development if they want to get back their customers. good move for sony ericson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeetPirate Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 I really like Nokia phones but I also like Android OS so I'm stuck. :D Take a look here and make some suggestions for me please. :wub: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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