Nokia holds back S40 to make way for Maemo and Symbian

02 December, 2009
Today, at its annual Capital Markets Day event, Nokia revealed some details about it OS distribution strategies that we find particularly interesting. Apparently the company has finally realized two...

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  • Anonymous
  • NaA
  • 02 Dec 2009

I can see Symbian retreating completely into midrange and Maemo taking the lead in high-end. S40 is outdated - heading the same way motorola's sad P2K05 system. Droid is moving a bit too fast.
Somewhere in the not-too-distant future there will be a huge change in this market.

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    • Anonymous
    • uBZ
    • 02 Dec 2009

    Looking at the good chunk of Maemo projections for next year, I'm guessing Nokia is planning to release at least 3 or 4 feature loaded upper midrange and high end handsets running the new OS.

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      • Anonymous
      • uBZ
      • 02 Dec 2009

      Anonymous, 02 Dec 20091stOkay, the first useful comment - Nokia better watch its step. Symbian is looking a bit shaky right now against the likes of Android, even in the midrange. With the onslaught of devices from HTC, SE and likes, I think Symbian^2 might need to be released a lot quicker than Nokia had originally anticipated.

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        • Anonymous
        • Pc{
        • 02 Dec 2009

        Good for Nokia, this means more and cheaper smartphones

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          • Acp
          • 02 Dec 2009

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