Samsung gives up on Symbian
In a move that surprises no-one, Samsung slowly drops support for Symbian to concentrate on Android and Bada.
Samsung has confirmed plans to move away from the Symbian OS in favour of Android and its own Bada platform.
In an email sent out to its developers, and in a posting on its developer forums, the Korean mobile phone giant announced that it will no longer support developers who wish to develop applications for its Symbian phones.
This is hardly a surprising move given Samsung's success with Android-powered smartphones, such as the Galaxy S, the development of its own in-house Bada operating system and the recent announcement that Samsung would produce one of the first Windows Phone 7 handsets. It also makes Nokia the last major mobile phone manufacturer still making new phones using the Symbian operating system.
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