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Nokia will continue to sell Symbian phones for 'a long time'

article published on 26 March, 2011

Nokia has moved to quash fears that it may be preparing to drop Symbian-based phones much too quickly. The Finnish mobile phone giant said it will continue to sell handsets that run Symbian software for a long time after it has started to move devices that run Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 software. The company is expected to begin phasing out Symbian over the coming few years as it rolls ... [ read the full article ]

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biglo30
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_ 		26. March 2011 @ 04:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I tried the n8 today, played with it for about an hour and personally i think the os sucks, i haven't been able to test a windows phone 7 as yet but im guessing its better.
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equ7
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_ 		26. March 2011 @ 05:07 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by biglo30:
 I tried the n8 today, played with it for about an hour and personally i think the os sucks, i haven't been able to test a windows phone 7 as yet but im guessing its better.

The S^3 is pretty good and home screen widgits bring frequently used features to the surface and the "Nokia Bubbles" app is great too. Its why Nokia said thay at not and never are going to make a WM7 phone besause is worse than Symbion3. They are working with Microsoft to roll out WM7.5 phones that may be feature complete, hence the big delay is seeing any Nokia WM phones.
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KillerBug
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_ 		26. March 2011 @ 05:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Android is best for Nokia...Symbian is better than Win7mo, but that is like saying that being hit by a bus is better than being hit by a train.
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Schmick
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_ 		26. March 2011 @ 07:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Nokia won't even be in the handset market much longer. They've been relegated to nothing more than a manufacturer like everyone else, only they're now beholden to Microsoft too.

I give them 2 years before they go into receivership.
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