So this is because Samsung voiced bada. That brand new OS will reinstate Symbian starting in 2010, according to Samsung’s comparison VP, Don Joo Lee. (No worries, Samsung will go on to sell Windows Mobile as well as Android handsets.)
But as for Symbian, the OS will positively take the strike but the square of Samsung’s 200 million or so phones shipping each year (a figure formed on their approaching 2009 numbers). Ouch. [DigiTimes via techblips UberGizmo]
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Samsung Dumping Symbian [Cellphones]