Samsung Bids Farewell to Symbian for Bada
But will these two be hit real soon? Our money's on Windows Mobile being the next possible one to fall out of the Samsung lineup, but in the meantime, it's still anybody's guess. Check out the full story here.
Truth is, we aren't surprised. When a giant such as Samsung announces its own mobile OS, it's only a matter of time before they make the accompanying announcement that one of its mobile OS will be dropped in favor of their own. And the one that's hit by this decision is the Symbian OS. As of now, Samsung's senior VP, Don Joo Lee, has stated that the Windows
Gizmodo - So this is why Samsung announced bada. That new OS will replace Symbian starting in 2010, according to Samsung's senior VP, Don Joo Lee. (No worries, Samsung will continue to sell Windows Mobile and Android handsets.) But as for Symbian, the OS will certainly take a hit without a piece of Samsung's 200 million or so phones shipping yearly (a figure based upon their expected 2009 numbers).
But will these two be hit real soon? Our money's on Windows Mobile being the next possible one to fall out of the Samsung lineup, but in the meantime, it's still anybody's guess. Check out the full story here.
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