Sony Ericsson has confirmed that it has no plans to develop any more phones using the Symbian OS and that it is moving to Android for future devices.
The Symbian OS isn’t having the greatest year ever. Nokia has been eyeing up the MeeGo OS as a possible replacement, at least one prominent Symbian blog has called it quits and now the other major phone manufacturer to use Symbian – Sony Ericsson – has decided enough is enough.
Sony Ericsson has had a lot of success over the years with Symbian S60 phones like the Vivaz but ,speaking to Bloomberg, Sony Ericsson spokesman Aldo Liguori said, “We have no plans for the time being to develop any new products to the Symbian Foundation standard or operating system.”
Back in July, Sony Ericsson’s ‘Chief Creation Officer’ Rikko Sakaguchi said that “We have made a significant shift to support Android.” Does this mean that the rumoured Android-powered Playstation Phone might turn out to be real?
[source: Buinessweek]
