Samsung Doesn’t Have Symbian In Its Plans

on 09/03/2010, filed in Home > CellPhones

Bad news for Symbian as Samsung’s head of marketing, YH Lee, has confirmed that the company has not planned any Symbian devices for the moment, but if there is enough consumer demand it will consider launching Symbian devices again. Without Symbian, Samsung will be focusing on Android to fulfill its smartphone needs while its own bada OS will be used to bring a smartphone-like experience to lower-end phones. Samsung is also planning to make Windows Phone 7 (WP7) devices targeted at business users.

Android: Android is the mobile operating system from Google. The software was originally built by a company called Android Inc, that was purchased by Google in 2005. From its modest debuts, Android has become a powerhouse that powers not only smartphones and tablet, but a host of other less high-profile devices and gadgets. Although Android is not a community-driven project, Google does release the source code as open-source under the Apache license. You can follow Ubergizmo on Android with Google Currents.

Samsung: Samsung is a South-Korean conglomerate which counts many subsidiaries like Samsung Electronics, which you probably know very well, but also Samsung Heavy Industries which builds ships, or Samsung Life Insurance, Samsung Securities and many more. Samsung is responsible for an amazing 20% of South Korea's exports. In the consumer electronics world, Samsung has gone from being a company with a reputation for cheap products to becoming one of the most respected companies in the world.

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