Samsung drops all Symbian support by the end of December

01 October, 2010
And when we say all, we really mean it. By the end of December Samsung will close its Symbian forums, developer site and will remove all Symbian-related documentation and data from its servers. Ouch!

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  • market strategy
  • t7J
  • 02 Oct 2010

this is a strategy so it's like saying you either buy an android phone from any of them or buy a Nokia at all which is dedicated to Symbian. I think they don't want any of their mobiles associated with the Finnish company.

Good riddance to Symbian so Symbian's marketshare (errr Nokia) will definitely go down!

    • ?
    • Anonymous
    • UGm
    • 02 Oct 2010

    Anonymous, 02 Oct 2010Symbian is dying = Nokia will die soon...long life iOS and... moreYou should keep ur beloved nokia and symbian. Then they will last may be a year or two. Otherwise, this suxky OS and buggy brand will close bankrupt tomorrow.

      • ?
      • Anonymous
      • TL5
      • 02 Oct 2010

      Samsung produce phones like a pig and they dont bother about their loyal users. Nokia produce phones like a lion and they care for their loyal users. e.g 5800xm got at least 9 fw updates.

        • d
        • dd
        • UGm
        • 02 Oct 2010

        Lucky enough, I sold my i8910HD last week after getting my iph4. I really want to support samsung but for the time being ,,, NO.
        anyway, galaxy S is not a bad phone in my opinion.

          • N
          • Nora
          • uSg
          • 02 Oct 2010

          Hi every body check out N8 luanching even, with this link

          Nokia is still alife, Samsung cut Symbiem plateform, is not cut Nokia shipping devise, mean.

          http://dailymobile.se/2010/10/...-and-moscow/

          Best Regards,
          Nora

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            • sam
            • ut3
            • 02 Oct 2010

            why drop symbian? now when it has become open source, clearly nokia gonna lose.

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              • cebuano
              • t7X
              • 02 Oct 2010

              samsung action toward ditching symbian s understandable.they are carrying 4 to 3 OS at a time.Their pride was or maybe badly hurt by n8 production.As u can MILLIONS are stl loyal to nokia s60 as per told in N8 LAUNCH in diffrnt countries

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                • Anonymous
                • t7X
                • 02 Oct 2010

                Symbian is dying = Nokia will
                die soon...long life iOS and
                Android..
                -

                Maybe nt in you life time,have check how many people queued for N8?i bet it wl surpass ur iOS/android powered phones.

                  • m
                  • maxwell
                  • vxt
                  • 02 Oct 2010

                  anyway just download all the things that you need to download before they terminate this hahahahahah

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                    • Anonymous
                    • TL5
                    • 02 Oct 2010

                    50 million symbian3 device Nokia N8 just shipped to satisfy the preorder.........only preorder just think when it will be retail .... This shows the ever increasing symbian demand..... Samsung has taken the wrong step.... Thew will regret it.... Nokia rules..

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                      • 5ushi
                      • uBM
                      • 02 Oct 2010

                      No offence people, but gadgets don't last forever. Time goes on, and your gadgets which presumeably were the latest and greatest at the time of purchase are now outdated.

                      Ok - it ain't too good in regards to public image with them dropping support for a platform they've used for some of their flag-ship phones. But I'd say with them dropping support for Symbian, they could focus more heavily on their own OS. Well, we'll see what happens. I'll be rather disappointed if they do an epic fail on their BADA OS after dropping Symbian...

                        • N
                        • Nora
                        • uSg
                        • 02 Oct 2010

                        Hi every body check out N8 luanching even, with this link

                        http://dailymobile.se/2010/10/02/nokia-n8-release-photos-from-helsinki-beijing-shanghai-and-moscow/

                        Best Regards,
                        Nora

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                          • Anonymous
                          • YQA
                          • 02 Oct 2010

                          wat do they think????if they ditch support for their old customers they'll get more people to buy their new bada phones...
                          no way....i'm done with samsung:(
                          nokia rocksss...

                            • ?
                            • Anonymous
                            • tA{
                            • 02 Oct 2010

                            how many of you people know symbian fones by samsung.........only handful,becz there are only handful.................android also needed time to develop {eg look from 1.6 to froyo}.....symbian only lacks in touch sectn and it has taken first step towards it,and accept it or not difference iz visible.....just wait for future

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                              • Anonymous
                              • uS6
                              • 02 Oct 2010

                              at last samsung eats anything wool to incresae their sale.

                                • m
                                • mhl
                                • 9xH
                                • 02 Oct 2010

                                If only nokia would try developing other platforms such as android. I might buy their handsets again... poor nokia...

                                Iphone rocks...

                                  • j
                                  • jjsoviet
                                  • qJm
                                  • 02 Oct 2010

                                  Anonymous, 02 Oct 2010I never have like Samsung. This goes to show what a lousy ... moreActually, there's nothing wrong with buying new Samsung phones right now. Most are running Android anyway, so there's a near-infinite chance that there would be 3rd-party support that will provide everything users need. So unless Samsung makes bad phones in terms of build quality, software-wise we're safe with Android.

                                    • ?
                                    • Anonymous
                                    • 4b0
                                    • 02 Oct 2010

                                    Samsung just pissed Nokia off. The "WORLD LEADER IN MOBILE PHONES!"

                                    Face it, Nokia is here to stay whether snapple or androidy likes it.

                                      • j
                                      • jjsoviet
                                      • qJm
                                      • 02 Oct 2010

                                      SOSmonster, 02 Oct 2010"And THAT is why I'm getting a Desire over a Galaxy S.... moreWe all know Samsung can't ever drop Android support. And the Android community is self-sufficient anyway; it can provide support for any and all phones running the OS regardless of brand or carrier. If Samsung won't support its new phones, the indie developers will.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • 4b0
                                        • 02 Oct 2010

                                        I never have like Samsung. This goes to show what a lousy company they are. Never will a buy a product of Samsung.

                                        What a joke!