Nokia will soon be the only manufacturer using the Symbian mobile operating system, as Samsung is the latest to announce it will stop making phones that run Symbian. The news comes shortly after Sony Ericsson said it will also stop making Symbian devices, in what could be a fatal blow for the OS.
In a note to its Symbian developers, Samsung said late on Thursday that it will discontinue its support for the platform from December 31 2010, and will also remove all content available to developers on the platform from its site. Certification of Symbian applications for the Samsung Apps store will cease on the same date.
Only last week, Sony Ericsson announced will no longer develop any new products for the Symbian OS, which still has the highest smartphone market share worldwide, mainly because it powers lower-end smartphones in Asia and other parts of the world. The only phone manufacturer on the Symbian Foundation members list still making Symbian phones is Nokia.
More: http://www.pcworld.com/article/206738/
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In a note to its Symbian developers, Samsung said late on Thursday that it will discontinue its support for the platform from December 31 2010, and will also remove all content available to developers on the platform from its site. Certification of Symbian applications for the Samsung Apps store will cease on the same date.
Only last week, Sony Ericsson announced will no longer develop any new products for the Symbian OS, which still has the highest smartphone market share worldwide, mainly because it powers lower-end smartphones in Asia and other parts of the world. The only phone manufacturer on the Symbian Foundation members list still making Symbian phones is Nokia.
More: http://www.pcworld.com/article/206738/
