The recent job cuts in Nokia led to the idea that the manufacturer is stopping the production of the Symbian based devices. But this info is now officially declined. The manufacturer is planning to continue releasing gadgets based on Symbian OS, and the Microsoft OS — Windows Phone 7 — will be used for the later products.
Jo Harlow, Head of Nokia’s Smart Devices, said the following:
“With these new products and more Symbian devices and user enhancements coming in the near future, we are confident we can keep existing Nokia smartphone customers engaged, as well as attract new first-time and competitor smartphone users.”
Symbian OS was the operating system that led the company to success, though the devices based on this OS were not that popular among the U.S. customers, unlike the European customers. That might be the reason why Nokia decided to turn to the OS that is well-known in the U.S. Maybe this way Nokia can get back its retailer stores that were closed due to the low demand.
The only difference between the current and the upcoming Symbian based devices is the fact that the novelties will come up with a closed-source version of the OS. This is just a step closer to WP7, which also comes up with a closed source.
