The Symbian Foundation stops. The independent organization, responsible for the development of the Symbian OS, stops. Nokia takes over the development activities.
The decision to stop comes in turbulent times. In the last week of october, the director of the Foundation left. Our heading above the article "End of the story for the Symbian Foundation?". We couldn't foresee that this words would come true so quickly.
Strong competition
In the announcement of the end of the Symbian Foundation, the organization says one of the most important reasons for the decision to stop are seismic changes in the smartphone market.
Major changes were the decisions of Samsung and Sony Ericsson to stop developing Symbian-phones. It left Nokia as the only user of the system. The Finnish company will continue the development of Symbian in its own house.. "Make no mistake, Nokia chooses Symbian", writes Jo Harlow, smartphones director at Nokia. , asserting Nokia's commitment to Symbian.