http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/ Engadget Comments for Samsung responds to Symbian claims, says it's still supporting it http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/Nov 12th 2009 9:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/Nov 12th 2009 9:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/I prefer Symbian 7, 64 bit edition.]]>Nov 12th 2009 11:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/Nov 12th 2009 9:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/Nov 12th 2009 9:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/Nov 12th 2009 9:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/
Samsung might phase out symbian in a few years, but no way are they dropping it now. There's so many people using and gotten used to it if they dropped it they would lose a lot of revenue.

And as symbian is going through a big rewrite in a year or 2 dropping it now would look even stupider.]]>Nov 12th 2009 9:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/Nov 12th 2009 9:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/Nov 12th 2009 9:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/Nov 12th 2009 9:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/

Seriously?




S60 is the OS version that is going to go bye bye. Symbian as an OS is going to be changing into something else. ]]>Nov 13th 2009 6:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/Nov 13th 2009 7:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/
"But one thing is certain: Samsung isn’t comfortable putting their fate in Windows Mobile’s hands."

And I think he's right. I don't think Bada is about dropping Symbian (which isn't very popular in the US) but about having a viable replacement for the joke that is Windows Mobile.]]>Nov 12th 2009 9:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/
But it does seem like people are jumping onto the "I create my own mobile OS". Why waste the time and money? Eventually it consolidates anyway for compatibility and interoperability. The OS that is going to win is the one that has the most money thrown into it and how many device manufacturers support it; not whether it's any good.

It's going to be a fight between Symbian and iPhone OS and to be frank, Symbian will still end up being the most used due to the closed system by which Apple operates. This fight is identical to Windows vs Mac OS war. And in both these cases, it is a matter of business strategy and not about the platform.

People have perpetually been writing off Symbian but it still remains undefeated. It has lost lustre but is still undefeated 3 years after fierce competition. 3 Years is a lifetime in the mobile world. Every other OS will continue to play minor roles no matter how much journalistic coverage they get. With the amount of CONSTANT positive press coverage iphone and Android get, you would think they would have overtaken Symbian in the market already. Why haven't they? Even combined they don't.

This fight is about the overall global business strategy and nothing else.]]>Nov 12th 2009 9:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/Nov 13th 2009 4:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/Crowd: "oooh.... aaaahh...."
Symbian: "WTF?"]]>Nov 12th 2009 10:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/Nov 12th 2009 10:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/
I would consider WinMo before ever looking into a Symbian phone.]]>Nov 12th 2009 11:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/Nov 22nd 2009 1:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/

what? windows mobile an open operating system ? LMFAO]]>Nov 12th 2009 10:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/Nov 12th 2009 10:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/Nov 13th 2009 4:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/
It's no longer 2005 guys, even if Symbian phones feel like they were all manufactured back then.]]>Nov 12th 2009 10:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/Nov 12th 2009 10:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/
This is why:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f4/Smartphone_2009.svg/450px-Smartphone_2009.svg.png]]>Nov 13th 2009 2:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/Nov 13th 2009 3:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/bada bing!]]>Nov 12th 2009 10:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/Nov 13th 2009 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/
OK then.

Oh yeah, and Bada isn't really an OS. It's a UI layer.]]>Nov 13th 2009 2:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/Nov 13th 2009 3:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/samsung-responds-to-symbian-claims-says-its-still-supporting-i/Nov 13th 2009 4:36AM